Fencing
Omar Elgeziry
- Title:
- Fencing Head Coach
- Phone:
- 719-333-4807
- 2020 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year.
- 2021 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year.
- 2021 USCFA Men's Fencing Head Coach of the Year Finalist (Top Four)
- Program-record 10 NCAA Qualifiers in 2021.
- 9th Place Finish At 2021 NCAA's best since 2003.
- 11th place finish at 2023 NCAA's, top finishing program in MPSF.
- Six NCAA qualifiers in 2023, the second-most in program history (most in non-Covid year).
- Two MPSF Champions coached.
- One NCAA West Regional Champion coach (Jack Griffith, foil)
Omar Elgeziry completed his fourth season as head coach of Air Force fencing in 2022-23. Elgeziry was named the head coach on Aug. 7, 2019, by Director of Athletics Nathan Pine.
A former Olympian, Elgeziry was also an assistant coach at the Academy for three seasons from 2014-17.
Elgeziry replaced Abdel Salem, who was the head coach at Air Force for the previous 22 seasons with the women’s team (1997-2019) and 21 with the men’s team (1998-2019).
Elgeziry returns to the Academy after serving two seasons as the assistant coach at Cornell.
In his first three years, Elgeziry has pointed the program towards increased success.
In 2022-23, he guided the program to an 11th place finish at the NCAA Fencing Championships with 43 points, both being the top marks for an MPSF program. Its 11th place finish was the second best at Air Force since 2003. Six Falcons made the NCAA's, which tied for the second-most ever in program history (most in a non-Covid year). The 2022-23 featured freshman Jack Griffith, who captured the NCAA West Regional and MPSF titles in men's foil. Griffith also earned MPSF men's freshman of the year honors.
The Falcons finished 16th at the NCAAs in 2021-22, with 32 points. The Falcons had three qualifiers for the championships. Air Force had one MPSF Champion in senior Erin Shea, who won the women's saber competition.
Air Force had a program-record 10 NCAA qualifiers in 2020-21, including two All-Americans in sophomore Matthew Han and junior Nestor Levin. Elgeziry earned 2021 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year, his second straight COY honor. In addition, Elgeziry was a 2021 USCFA Fencing Head Coach of the Year Finalist (Top four).
In his first year at the helm, Elgeziry wasted no time in producing immediate success for the program. The Falcons had five fencers earn NCAA bids, the most since 2015. In addition, two epee qualifiers were the most since 2010. Senior Leanne Singleton-Comfort capped a standout career by claiming her second Western Fencing Conference women's saber title by going a perfect 10-0 in head-to-head bouts. The Falcons produced a school-record five USFCA All-Americans, in addition 10 all-region honorees. For his efforts, Elgeziry was honored by his peers as the 2020 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year.
At Cornell, Elgeziry helped the Big Red to reach new heights. The 2018-19 team had two individuals finish in the top 10 of their respective weapon, while the team’s 14th-place finish was its highest in the NCAA era. Elgeziry helped freshman Megan Eno become just the fourth fencer in Big Red history to earn first-team All-Ivy honors when she placed third overall in the epee competition at the 2019 Ivy League Fencing Round-Robin. Eno went on to win silver at the Northeast Regional, and captured honorable mention All-America honors with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA tournament.
During his tenure as the assistant coach at Air Force, Elgeziry helped train 11 student-athletes into qualifying positions for the NCAA Tournament. During that time, he spent one year as the national epee coach for USA Pentathlon, after serving as an assistant coach and administrator for the Egypt Modern Pentathlon Olympic team from 2014-17. Elgeziry went on to make history as the first Olympic coach to qualify for the same Olympic Games as an athlete, as he finished 23rd overall with 1,403 points.
A world-class athlete, Elgeziry has competed in and medaled in more than 50 modern pentathlon and fencing events, including a silver medal at the 2016 Pentathlon World Cup #2 in Rio De Janeiro and a fourth-place finish at the 2016 Pentathlon World Championships in Moscow.
As a fencer, Elgeziry is a two-time senior Egyptian champion in epee (2010, 2011). He also won a gold medal in epee at the Junior World Cup in Egypt in 2005, after a fifth-place finish the previous year.
A native of Cairo, Egypt, Elgeziry began coaching shortly after arriving in the United States, acting as a private fencing coach in Florida and founding the Sunshine Region Modern Pentathlon Club.
Elgeziry obtained a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Ain Shams University in 2008.
- 2021 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year.
- 2021 USCFA Men's Fencing Head Coach of the Year Finalist (Top Four)
- Program-record 10 NCAA Qualifiers in 2021.
- 9th Place Finish At 2021 NCAA's best since 2003.
- 11th place finish at 2023 NCAA's, top finishing program in MPSF.
- Six NCAA qualifiers in 2023, the second-most in program history (most in non-Covid year).
- Two MPSF Champions coached.
- One NCAA West Regional Champion coach (Jack Griffith, foil)
Omar Elgeziry completed his fourth season as head coach of Air Force fencing in 2022-23. Elgeziry was named the head coach on Aug. 7, 2019, by Director of Athletics Nathan Pine.
A former Olympian, Elgeziry was also an assistant coach at the Academy for three seasons from 2014-17.
Elgeziry replaced Abdel Salem, who was the head coach at Air Force for the previous 22 seasons with the women’s team (1997-2019) and 21 with the men’s team (1998-2019).
Elgeziry returns to the Academy after serving two seasons as the assistant coach at Cornell.
In his first three years, Elgeziry has pointed the program towards increased success.
In 2022-23, he guided the program to an 11th place finish at the NCAA Fencing Championships with 43 points, both being the top marks for an MPSF program. Its 11th place finish was the second best at Air Force since 2003. Six Falcons made the NCAA's, which tied for the second-most ever in program history (most in a non-Covid year). The 2022-23 featured freshman Jack Griffith, who captured the NCAA West Regional and MPSF titles in men's foil. Griffith also earned MPSF men's freshman of the year honors.
The Falcons finished 16th at the NCAAs in 2021-22, with 32 points. The Falcons had three qualifiers for the championships. Air Force had one MPSF Champion in senior Erin Shea, who won the women's saber competition.
Air Force had a program-record 10 NCAA qualifiers in 2020-21, including two All-Americans in sophomore Matthew Han and junior Nestor Levin. Elgeziry earned 2021 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year, his second straight COY honor. In addition, Elgeziry was a 2021 USCFA Fencing Head Coach of the Year Finalist (Top four).
In his first year at the helm, Elgeziry wasted no time in producing immediate success for the program. The Falcons had five fencers earn NCAA bids, the most since 2015. In addition, two epee qualifiers were the most since 2010. Senior Leanne Singleton-Comfort capped a standout career by claiming her second Western Fencing Conference women's saber title by going a perfect 10-0 in head-to-head bouts. The Falcons produced a school-record five USFCA All-Americans, in addition 10 all-region honorees. For his efforts, Elgeziry was honored by his peers as the 2020 Western Fencing Conference Coach of the Year.
At Cornell, Elgeziry helped the Big Red to reach new heights. The 2018-19 team had two individuals finish in the top 10 of their respective weapon, while the team’s 14th-place finish was its highest in the NCAA era. Elgeziry helped freshman Megan Eno become just the fourth fencer in Big Red history to earn first-team All-Ivy honors when she placed third overall in the epee competition at the 2019 Ivy League Fencing Round-Robin. Eno went on to win silver at the Northeast Regional, and captured honorable mention All-America honors with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA tournament.
During his tenure as the assistant coach at Air Force, Elgeziry helped train 11 student-athletes into qualifying positions for the NCAA Tournament. During that time, he spent one year as the national epee coach for USA Pentathlon, after serving as an assistant coach and administrator for the Egypt Modern Pentathlon Olympic team from 2014-17. Elgeziry went on to make history as the first Olympic coach to qualify for the same Olympic Games as an athlete, as he finished 23rd overall with 1,403 points.
A world-class athlete, Elgeziry has competed in and medaled in more than 50 modern pentathlon and fencing events, including a silver medal at the 2016 Pentathlon World Cup #2 in Rio De Janeiro and a fourth-place finish at the 2016 Pentathlon World Championships in Moscow.
As a fencer, Elgeziry is a two-time senior Egyptian champion in epee (2010, 2011). He also won a gold medal in epee at the Junior World Cup in Egypt in 2005, after a fifth-place finish the previous year.
A native of Cairo, Egypt, Elgeziry began coaching shortly after arriving in the United States, acting as a private fencing coach in Florida and founding the Sunshine Region Modern Pentathlon Club.
Elgeziry obtained a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Ain Shams University in 2008.
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