Temple University Athletics
BRADLEY BAKER NAMED ASSISTANT FENCING COACH
8.31.04 | Women's Fencing
PHILADELPHIA - Bradley Baker, the head coach of the University of Massachusetts club fencing team, has been named assistant fencing coach at Temple University. Baker replaces Zoila Palacio who resigned after 14 years with the program for personal reasons. Baker will coach epée and sabre for the nationally-ranked Owl program.
Baker comes to Temple with impressive coaching and competitive experience. Currently nationally ranked as both a referee and a competitor, Baker is certified as a level three coach in epée and foil and a level two coach in sabre through the U.S. Fencing Association's "National Coaches College" at the Olympic Training Center.
"I'm excited about the strength in sabre and epée that Bradley Baker brings to the program," stated Temple's Director of Fencing Nikki Franke, now in her 33rd year with the Owls. "I am looking forward to the benefits his experience will have on our fencing team."
For the past four years Baker has served as head coach of the club fencing team at the Massachusetts. During his time there he doubled the size of the club team and in 2002 was named "Coach of the Year" by the Northeast Fencing Conference. With Baker at the helm, UMass won the 6-Weapon and the Women's National Championship at the 2004 USA Collegiate Fencing Club Championships. In 2003 his men's team won the 6-Weapon and the Men's National Club Championships.
As a competitor, Baker was the 2000 New England Division Men's Epée Champion, and placed third at the 2003 North Atlantic Section Epée Championships. This summer, he finished fifth at the Division IA National Sabre Championships and in the spring, was a quarterfinalist in the Division I Championships. In addition, he won the 2004 New England Division Sabre Championship and finished second in the North Atlantic Sectional Sabre Championships.
Baker is a 1998 graduate of Johns Hopkins University where he completed a Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences double major. While at JHU he fenced epée for four years on the men's varsity team.
Baker comes to Temple with impressive coaching and competitive experience. Currently nationally ranked as both a referee and a competitor, Baker is certified as a level three coach in epée and foil and a level two coach in sabre through the U.S. Fencing Association's "National Coaches College" at the Olympic Training Center.
"I'm excited about the strength in sabre and epée that Bradley Baker brings to the program," stated Temple's Director of Fencing Nikki Franke, now in her 33rd year with the Owls. "I am looking forward to the benefits his experience will have on our fencing team."
For the past four years Baker has served as head coach of the club fencing team at the Massachusetts. During his time there he doubled the size of the club team and in 2002 was named "Coach of the Year" by the Northeast Fencing Conference. With Baker at the helm, UMass won the 6-Weapon and the Women's National Championship at the 2004 USA Collegiate Fencing Club Championships. In 2003 his men's team won the 6-Weapon and the Men's National Club Championships.
As a competitor, Baker was the 2000 New England Division Men's Epée Champion, and placed third at the 2003 North Atlantic Section Epée Championships. This summer, he finished fifth at the Division IA National Sabre Championships and in the spring, was a quarterfinalist in the Division I Championships. In addition, he won the 2004 New England Division Sabre Championship and finished second in the North Atlantic Sectional Sabre Championships.
Baker is a 1998 graduate of Johns Hopkins University where he completed a Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences double major. While at JHU he fenced epée for four years on the men's varsity team.
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