Matt Jednak
Head Coach
UNC head coach since 2019; a 2009 graduate and former Tar Heel épée fencer and assistant coach.
Source checked: 2026-10-25United States · Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fencing programs
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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
Sherif Mohamed Elbakry
Assistant Coach
Former Egyptian national sabre coach with more than 25 years of coaching experience before joining UNC.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Adam Kaszubowski
Assistant Coach
Former Polish national-team foil fencer, Penn State interim head coach and coach of Egypt's foil teams.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Peter Kunz
Director of Operations
Source checked: 2026-10-25University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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
Matt Jednak
Head Coach
UNC head coach since 2019; a 2009 graduate and former Tar Heel épée fencer and assistant coach.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Sherif Mohamed Elbakry
Assistant Coach
Former Egyptian national sabre coach with more than 25 years of coaching experience before joining UNC.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Adam Kaszubowski
Assistant Coach
Former Polish national-team foil fencer, Penn State interim head coach and coach of Egypt's foil teams.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Peter Kunz
Director of Operations
Source checked: 2026-10-25Admissions & cost snapshot
College Raptor · data labelled 2023–2024 · reviewed 25 October 2026
- Overall acceptance rate
- 16.72%
- Reported SAT range
- 1,360 – 1,520
- Average net price (USD)
- US$10,154
- Reported median starting salary (USD)
- US$57,057
- Reported fencing revenue (USD)
- US$443,302
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.
Read the data source ↗Facilities & fencing equipment
Fencing room, Fetzer Gym / Fetzer Hall
- Location
- Fencing room, Fetzer Gym / Fetzer Hall
- Strips
- Not verified
- Documented equipment
- Not specified in the reviewed source
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
March 2026 university report confirms fencing room with metal strips, masks and mirrors. Campus facilities listing calls it fencing/multipurpose room; do not label exclusive dedicated building.
View official facility description / available photographs ↗Facility records describe published use. Camp access, rental, dormitory availability, catering and transfers require a separate university agreement; none is implied here.
Connected competitions
No individually verified tournament dates linked to this institution yet.
Official sources
- Official USA Fencing Current NCAA Programs index; includes future launches. School athletics homepages without a fetched fencing-specific page are not independently verified. ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official facility evidence ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official team source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-25
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