Coaching Staff

MATTHEW CATINO

  • Career Highlights
  • Achieved elite national rankings in the junior and senior USA Fencing national point standings
  • Won a gold medal at USA Olympic Trials with the Metropolis Fencing Men’s Foil Team in Austin, Texas in 2000
  • USFA "A" Foil Rating, since 2000
  • USFA Referee Level 5 Foil Rating
  • Coaching Achievements
  • Guilford High School fencing team head coach, 2001 - 2007
  • Fencers School of CT founder and owner, 2004 - present
  • State of Connecticut certified coach since 2001
  • Guilford Sideliner’s 2006 Coach of the Year
  • Students won over 40 medals at CHSFA Championships events, including 12 individual gold medals and 7 team championships
  • Qualified over 50 students for Junior Olympic championships in 9 years
  • Students have fenced for NCAA programs Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Pennsylvannia State University, Tufts University, Vassar and Yale University

KYLE MEZZI

  • Career Highlights
  • Member of the Pennsylvannia State University Fencing Team, 2002 - 2004
  • Earned a BS in Communications from Pennsylvannia State University, 2006
  • Coach at Fencers School of CT, 2010 - present
  • Guilford High School fencing team head coach, 2010 - present
  • State of Connecticut certified coach since 2010
  • Students won individual men and women's epee gold medal at CHSFA Championships in first year as coach

DORIAN COHEN

  • Career Highlights
  • Achieved elite national rankings in the cadet, junior and senior USA Fencing national point standings
  • Earned multiple medals at North American Cups, Junior Olympics, and National Chamionships
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships all 4 years for Duke University, 2007 - 2011
  • 3-time All-American at Duke University, 2008, 2010 & 2011
  • CoSIDA Academic All-American and Male Student Athlete of the Year in his final year at Duke University, 2011
  • Graduated with Distinction from Duke University with BS in Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Currently enrolled in masters program at Hartford University