Bradley Baker - Women's Fencing Coach

Bradley Baker

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
bradley.baker@temple.edu
Phone:
215-204-1627

Bradley Baker enters his 10th year as the sabre coach for Temple University women's fencing.

Under Baker's leadership, the Owls sabre squad finished the 2012-13 season with a 21-9 record, which included the conference title at the NIWFA Championship. His 2011-12 sabre squad, who was led by NCAA All-American Kamali Thompson, also produced 21 wins and an NIWFA Championship.

Baker came to Temple after working as the head coach of the University of Massachusetts club fencing team for four years. During his time at Massachusetts 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 team won the 6-Weapon and the Men's National Club Championships.

Baker came to Temple with impressive coaching and competitive experience.

Currently nationally ranked as a referee, Baker is certified as a level four coach in sabre and foil and level three in epée through the U.S. Fencing Association's "National Coaches College" at the Olympic Training Center.

As a competitor, Baker took first place in the Division IA Men's Sabre Championship at the 2005 United States Fencing National Championships. More recently, Baker placed third in the Division IA Men's Sabre Championship in the 2009 USFA National 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.

He is currenly enrolled in the PHD program at the Temple University Fox School of Business.