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Marat Israelian is an Yale's Head Fencing Coach In Israelian's first season at Yale, he helped both the men's and women's programs earn top-10 national rankings while mentoring seven Bulldogs that earned All-America recognition, including Emme Zhou, who was named to the women's first team.   Prior to Yale, Israelian served as a coach at the North Shore Fencing Club on Long Island, while also serving as head coach for St. Peter's Prep High School in New Jersey. During his tenure he produced two undefeated seasons with two state championships and was named New Jersey High School Coach of the Year.   Israelian also enjoyed an outstanding career as a fencer at St. John's University, winning the NCAA epee championship in 2010 and 2011. He was a captain for the Red Storm and helped the team to three top-four finishes at the NCAA Fencing Championships. Additionally, Israelian was a European Championship finalist in 2005 and ranked third overall in the junior world rankings in 2003 and 2004.   He is a 2013 St. John’s graduate with a double B.S. in accounting and finance.

Oleksandr Dymar is currently working as an epee fencing coach at the Maximum Fencing Club, Los Altos, California, registered with the United States Fencing Association (USFA).  Before moving to the U.S., Oleks was a head coach for the Fujian province épée team in China. Under his leadership, his team won national tournaments in juniors and seniors, men’s and women’s épée. Men’s team was winning China National Senior Championship two years in a row. Also Oleks coached at fencing club in Hong Kong for 2,5 years, his students earned national and international medals. He started his coach career in Ukraine, along with career as an athlete, his students won several medals from European cadets and juniors championships, they were winners and prize winners of the junior and cadets World Cups and Ukrainian National competitions. Additionally he served as a head coach of University team in Ukraine, during that time his team was the best in the region and one of the strongest in Ukraine among students. As an Ukrainian National Team fencer, Oleksandr competed at the World Cups and other international competitions across different levels. He won the Ukrainian National Championships 3 times and earned silver at the Europe Cup twice: in 2009 and 2012.  Oleks is a graduate of the Kharkiv National Pedagogical University named by G.S. Skovoroda with several diplomas including master’s degree with honour in physical education and master’s degree in economics

Coach Slava is an epee fencing coach at the Bayside fencing club, Mountain View, CA, registered with the United States Fencing Association (USFA) As an athlete he is three-time consecutive NCAA champion. He started fencing at age 10 in Israel and has been a competitive fencer since 1994. Slava was 11 times Israel National Champion in all age categories - Cadet, Junior and Senior and was a member of Cadet, Junior, and Senior Israeli National Team. Coach Slava took part in numerous National and International competitions including World Cups, European and World Championships and won many medals in Junior World Cups in addition to finishing third in the FIE World Cup ranking in 2003. While coach Slava was on a full scholarship at Wayne State University, he became only the second person (Risto Hurme of New York University was the first in 1973-74-75 (tel:1973-74-75)) in NCAA history to win three consecutive NCAA titles (2007, 2008, 2009) since the NCAA began competition in 1941. After earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from WSU in 2011, coach Slava coached at the Manhattan Fencing Center, New York Fencing Academy and AFM. In addition, coach Slava also served as an assistant coach at Duke University and the latest endeavor as the head coach at WSU. During Slava’s coaching career, he coached numerous medalists during the NACs, JOs, Summer Nationals, a nd the regionals.