Updated: July 2026
First Day at Johns Hopkins: October 1, 2003
Austin Young was named just the fifth head coach in Johns Hopkins men's fencing history in August 2003. Six years later, in July 2009, he was named head coach of the women's program.
Young has coached the Blue Jay men to 429 wins and 11 MACFA Championships. The Blue Jays have posted 11 20-win seasons during his tenure and won four the last four MACFA titles (2023-2026). JHU has also finished as the league runner-up six times under Young.
The winningest coach in the history of the Blue Jay women's fencing program, Young has led the Blue Jays to 307 wins and 12 EWFC Championships. Hopkins won an impressive five straight league titles from 2010 to 2014 and has currently won six of the last seven, beginning in 2019 (no championship awarded in 2021). Young coached JHU to a school-record 33 wins in 2026 and accounts for all six 20-win seasons in school history (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026).
Young has coached 90 All-EWFC selections and 18 EWFC Fencers of the Year (4 Epee, 4 Foil, 8 Sabre) as well as 51 USFCA Division III All-Americans (27 women, 24 men). In addition, he was named the EWFC Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2017.
Prior to taking over the men's program in 2003, Young served as the owner and head coach of the Clinton Fencing Club in Lebanon, NJ for six years. His duties included 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 is a 1996 graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in finance. He and his wife, Judy, reside in Towson with their son, Leo.
