Jed Dupree rejoined the Harvard fencing coaching staff in September 2023 as an assistant coach after serving as an assistant coach with the Crimson from 2013 to 2017. He is entering his second season with the Crimson for the 2024-25 academic year.
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.
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.
