Juan Ignacio Calderon
Head Coach
Calderon became UC San Diego head coach in July 2018 and guided both teams to their first MPSF championships in 2024–25.
Source checked: 2026-10-25United States · San Diego, CA
University of California, San Diego
Fencing programs
University of California, San Diego Women's Fencing
- Team
- Women
- Division / system
- I
- Weapons
- Foil · Épée · Sabre
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Program classification checked against an official source.
Coaching staff
Konstantin Lokhanov
Assistant Coach - Saber · Sabre
Tokyo Olympian and 2023 U.S. sabre champion Lokhanov joined UC San Diego in 2025–26, becoming a full-time assistant for the following season.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Ania Tibbetts
Assistant Coach - Foil · Foil
Tibbetts represented Poland for eleven years and became national champion in 1996; she later coached at California Fencing Academy and Stanford.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Dave Burgess
Armorer
Burgess joined UC San Diego as assistant coach and armorer in 2002; he previously competed in all three weapons at San Diego State.
Source checked: 2026-10-25University of California, San Diego Men's Fencing
- Team
- Men
- Division / system
- I
- Weapons
- Foil · Épée · Sabre
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Program classification checked against an official source.
Coaching staff
Juan Ignacio Calderon
Head Coach
Calderon became UC San Diego head coach in July 2018 and guided both teams to their first MPSF championships in 2024–25.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Konstantin Lokhanov
Assistant Coach - Saber · Sabre
Tokyo Olympian and 2023 U.S. sabre champion Lokhanov joined UC San Diego in 2025–26, becoming a full-time assistant for the following season.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Ania Tibbetts
Assistant Coach - Foil · Foil
Tibbetts represented Poland for eleven years and became national champion in 1996; she later coached at California Fencing Academy and Stanford.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Dave Burgess
Armorer
Burgess joined UC San Diego as assistant coach and armorer in 2002; he previously competed in all three weapons at San Diego State.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Admissions & cost snapshot
College Raptor · data labelled 2023–2024 · reviewed 25 October 2026
- Overall acceptance rate
- 28.56%
- Reported SAT range
- 1,290 – 1,490
- Average net price (USD)
- US$14,047
- Reported median starting salary (USD)
- US$65,669
- Reported fencing revenue (USD)
- US$465,014
Historical university-wide figures, not athlete admissions odds or a personal aid offer. SAT ranges are not minimum requirements. Program revenue is not profit or a scholarship budget.
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Official sources
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