CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard fencing adds Jed Dupree to its coaching staff as a new assistant coach ahead of the 2023-24 campaign. Dupree returns to Harvard after serving as an assistant coach for the Crimson from 2013 to 2017. 

"I am overjoyed to announce Jed as an assistant coach with our program," head coach Daria Schneider said. "Jed brings his unique ability to inspire and elevate the level of individuals who are already at the top of the game. An Olympian, Jed coaches with passion, and supports student-athletes on and off the field. I could not be happier to see how our staff is coming together."
 
Dupree returns to Harvard after serving as the head foil coach at Durkan Fencing Academy from 2017 to 2019. During Dupree's time at Durkin Fencing Academy, the former Crimson assistant coach managed and directed the high-performance foil training program.
 
Prior to his tenure at Durkan Fencing Academy, Dupree served as an assistant coach at Harvard from 2013 to 2017. Dupree was instrumental in the Crimson's success on the strip, as he coached 29 student-athletes to All-America honors and Adrienne Jarocki to two NCAA women's saber individual national championships in 2014 and 2016. Dupree also aided the men's team to Ivy League titles in 2014, 2015 and 2018, along with a women's Ivy League championship in 2016.
 
"I am incredibly excited to begin working with such a talented staff and team," Dupree said. "I am looking forward to collaborating with the coaches to help the athletes grow forward toward their best results."
 
Dupree is a sought-after individuals coach, guiding decorated and world-renowned fencers to impressive heights. Jackie Dubrovich, Race Imboden and Miles Chamley Watson worked with Dupree on their way to the Olympics. Dupree also coached men's foil and Harvard alum Geoffrey Tourette, who won a team gold medal at the 2017 Junior World Championships.
 
On the strip, Dupree accomplished an incredible career, representing the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympics along with individual national titles in 2002 and 2005. A Columbia alum, Dupree also won the 2001 NCAA men's foil individual national championship and was a four-time all-american honoree.
 
Dupree joins a Harvard fencing program that is looking to build off a successful 2022-23 season that saw the men's team earn the Ivy League championship, along with individual NCAA national championships from Lauren Scruggs in the women's foil and Jonas Hansen in the men's épée.