Aug. 22, 2003

Baltimore, MD - Johns Hopkins Associate Director of Athletics Josh MacArthur announced the appointment of Austin Young to the position of men's fencing head coach on Friday.

"We are extremely excited to have someone of Austin's caliber join our staff at Johns Hopkins", MacArthur said. "He has considerable experience teaching at both the college and club levels and we expect him to help continue the strong tradition of men's fencing at Hopkins."

Young has served as the owner and head coach of the Clinton Fencing Club in Lebanon, NJ, since 1997. His duties include planning and leading group practices for all skill levels and giving individual lessons in all three weapons.

Additionally, Young was an assistant men's fencing coach at Rutgers University during the 1997 through 1999 seasons. At Rutgers Young organized and led practices, gave individual lessons, recruited high school athletes, and organized all home meets. He helped lead the Scarlet Knights to ninth and 13th place finishes at the NCAA Championships.

Young was also an assistant coach at the Cornell Fencing Camp for three years, where he gave individual foil lessons and oversaw group drilling sessions.

During his career Young has coached five New Jersey High School Individual Champions, over 25 state high school all-state team members and two Star-Ledger Fencers of the Year. He has also recruited five athletes who competed in the NCAA Championships, including three All-Americans.

Young graduated from Rutgers in 1996 with a degree in finance. He replaces Dick Oles, who retired this spring after a 45-year career as the men's fencing coach at Hopkins.

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