Following success in the classroom as an educator and on the international fencing stage, Adam Maczik was named assistant coach of the Harvard men’s and women’s fencing programs in 2019.
The 2023-24 season saw Maczik play an instrumental role in Harvard's march to the 2024 NCAA National Championship. Under his guidance, junior Emily Vermeule won the 2024 NCAA Women's Epee National Championship, the first women's epee national champion in school history. Maczik also propelled Jonas Hansen and Vermeule to the 2024 Ivy League Epee Championships, as the Crimson men also secured a share of the 2024 Ivy League Championship. At the 2024 NCAA Championships, first-year Henry Lawson, junior Mihir Kumashi and first-year Isabella Chin all earned All-America honors.
In 2022-23, Maczik coached both the men and the women to fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships. Harvard qualified a total of 14 fencers, seven men and seven women. Maczik led Jonas Hansen to and individual national title. He also helped the Crimson men win their 12th Ivy League Championship, as five Crimson fencers received first-team All-Ivy selections and three received second-team All-Ivy selections. With the aid of Maczik, the men wrapped up a very successful season with a 23-2 record and the women posted a 19-9 record.
Maczik comes to Cambridge following success career on the international stage. In 2015 he was an alternate to the men’s epee world team and was ranked sixth around the world. He won the Division 1A National Championship and placed first at the Division one North American Cup in Salt Lake City that same year.
From 2010-2012 Maczik gained experience at the collegiate level serving as a volunteer assistant coach with Boston College for two seasons.
In 2015, Maczik joined the Marx Fencing Academy as the lead epee coach. While there, he designed programs for over 20 epee fencers. He strip coached a varying levels from local to international competition.
From 2013-14 Maczik was the Modern Pentathlon Program Coordinator at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He taught fencing to Modern Pentathlon resident athletes and handled logistics for international camps. In addition, he was a liaison between Modern Pentathlon administration and Olympic Training Center administration.
For three years from 2010-13, Maczik worked as the lead epee coach at Boston Fencing club. He designed programs for all levels ranging from beginner to elite. He taught fencing classes for all age groups which resulted in more than 20 students making it to national finals in 2012-13.
Aside from fencing, Maczik has been an educator at Natick High School since 2015. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005 with a Bachelors in physics, and later received his Master’s in education from Western Governors University in 2018.
