Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics

Jim Carpenter is in his 15th season as the head coach of the Stevens’ men’s fencing program and third year as the women's head coach. Entering the 2023-24 season, Carpenter has career record of 280-159 on the men's side and is the winningest coach in program history. Since taking over the women's program in 2022, Carpenter has posted a 51-61 mark. He has led the men's side to NCAA Championship appearances in 2014-15 and 2018-19.

Carpenter also led Stevens to the MACFA Foil and Epee weapon championships in 2014 as well as the Epee weapon title in 2019-20. Under Carpenter's watch, 2015 alum Logan Koester become the program’s first NCAA All-American since the 1957 season in 2014-15. 

• 2018-19: Wolfe Crouse – 13th Place Epee 
• 2014-15: Logan Koester – 8th Place Epee 

• 2014-15: Logan Koester – Epee 

• 2019-20: Epee Weapon Champions
• 2018-19: Brennan Casey – Epee Bronze Medalist 
• 2013-14: Kirk Visser – Epee Silver Medalist 
• 2013-14: Michael Szczesniak – Sabre Silver Medalist 
• 2013-14: Logan Koester – Epee Bronze Medalist 
• 2013-14: Foil Weapon Champions 
• 2013-14: Epee Weapon Champions 
• 2012-13: Daniel Burke – Epee Gold Medalist 

• 2019-20: Vaughn Rice – Honorable Mention All-Region (Sabre)

• Helped the Ducks win a program-record 37 matches in the 2019-20 season 
• Carpenter holds the program record for wins after being on Castle Point for less than nine years
• Started the 2019-20 season 25-0, the best start and the longest winning streak in program history
• Coached Stevens to a 23rd-place finish in the 2015 NCAA Championships, the best finish for the Ducks since 1968 
• Has won three MACFA weapon titles in his time with the Ducks
• Produced a total of five top-three team finishes at the MACFA Championships in his first eighth seasons, including a runner-up finish in 2013-14 
• Produced a pair of NCAA Championship qualifiers in Wolfe Crouse (2018-19) and Logan Koester (2014-15), the first NCAA Championship qualifiers for the Ducks since 1984 

• Carpenter walked onto the Northwestern University fencing team as a sophomore 
• Earned Most Improved Fencer recognition in 1984 
• Named the team’s Most Valuable Fencer and was a team captain his senior season 
• He compiled a winning percentage over .700% under the tutelage of Northwestern’s Dr. Laurence D. Schiller 
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1985 

• Prior to coaching at Stevens, Carpenter was the United States Fencing Association Director for High Performance and the USA Women's Epee National Coach  
• As coach of the US Women’s National team, Carpenter helped the USA win six medals at the 2008 Olympics 
• Competed in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., in individual and team epee 
• Additionally, he earned a top-8 finish at the 1996 World Cup Tournament and was a three-time World Championship competitor