Jason Pryor is in his second season with the Harvard fencing program after joining the coaching staff as an assistant in Oct. 2023.
In his first season with the Crimson, Pryor played a large role in the development of the Harvard fencers, propelling the Crimson to the 2024 NCAA National Championship. With Pryor's aid, four Harvard epee fencers earned All-America status, as Emily Vermeule won the 2024 NCAA Women's Epee National Championship. Along with success at the national level, Pryor helped Jonas Hansen win the 2024 Ivy League Men's Epee Championship.
Pryor arrives in Cambridge with an incredible resume on the strip. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Pryor represented the United States in the 2016 Rio Olympics, competing in the individual men's épée. The Ohio State alum captured the United States 2015 épée national championship and won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games. During his time at Ohio State, Pryor won an NCAA team national championship in 2008 and was a two-time All-American.
Following his athletic career, Pryor found immediate success as a coach, contributing to the development of fencers across the United States. Pryor served as the United States épée coach at the 2019 Pan Am Games, leading the women's épée team to a team gold medal and Kathrine Holmes to an individual épée gold medal.
