Maestro Jerzy Radz has been the head coach of Wayne State University men's and women's fencing programs since 1991. He is the fifth head fencing coach for WSU since it began in 1932. The 2009-10 campaign is his 19th in charge of the Wayne State fencing programs.

Prior to WSU, Radz was the head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's and women's fencing teams for one season when they won the Big Ten Conference Championships and finished 10th in the nation. Radz also coached at Washington University of Missouri in 1989-1990.

During his tenure, the Warriors have been one of the top collegiate fencing programs in the nation. Radz, the 2004 Midwest Fencing Conference Coach of the Year, has coached eight individual national champions at WSU. Harald Bauder won the men's epee in 1992, while Thorsten Becker won the men's foil in 1996. Anna Garina won the women's epee in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Slava Zingerman won the last three men's epee titles (2007-2008-2009).

Radz has also produced a number of NCAA Midwest Regional Champions. Garina was crowned Midwest Regional Champion in women's epee in 2004, while Anna Vinnikov (women's epee) and Wojciech Dudek (men's epee) were crowned champions in 2003. Throughout Radz's career at WSU, he has coached 48 All-Americans.

Men's fencing has existed on the intercollegiate level at Wayne State since 1932 and has fielded a team every season except in 1943-45 due to World War II. In that time, the Warriors have only had 10 losing seasons. WSU has won seven men's team NCAA Championships in 1975, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. In addition, the men's team was an NCAA runner-up three times.

The women's program has been competing since 1975. They have won three team NCAA Championships in 1982, 1988 and 1990. In 1982, they were the first women's team to win an NCAA Championship.

The fencing program has been one of the most successful athletic programs at Wayne State. The program has attracted both American and international fencers from around the world that dates back to former head coach Bela de Tuscan, who coached from 1932-1957.

Being no stranger to the sport himself, Radz has over 30 years of coaching experience in all weapons and has been active in organizing and conducting youth fencing programs that have developed world-class fencers. Radz earned his master's degree in physical education from the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland.

In 1973, Radz started his coaching career at the Warsaw Sports Club, which is the most prestigious fencing club in Poland, and coached there from 1973-1988. In 1975, he began his teaching career when he accepted a position at a government sponsored sports school, working with 11-and-12 year olds. One of his students was Marek Gniewkowski, who was a member of the 1988 and 1992 Poland Olympic Team and placed fifth in the sabre competition in 1988. Radz was a member of the Polish Olympic coaching staff from 1979 to 1998.

For his efforts, Radz earned a fencing master's from the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) in 1990. The USFCA is a national academy of the Academie D' Armes International (AAI), the diplomas are awarded through the USFCA and are recognized by the AAI and its national academies throughout the world.

Radz was named to the NCAA Fencing Committee for a three-year term beginning with the 2005-06 school year.

Radz's Coaching Career at Wayne State

Year	Men's and Women's Combined Finish	National Champions
2009	14th	Slava Zingerman/men's epee
2008	9th	Slava Zingerman/men's epee
2007	8th	Anna Garina/women's epee--Slava Zingerman/men's epee
2006	10th
2005	10th	Anna Garina/women's epee
2004	9th	Anna Garina/women's epee
2003	17th
2002	T-12th
2001	10th
2000	16th
1999	9th
1998	15th
1997	13th
1996	11th	Thorstein Becker/men's foil
1995	11th
1994	11th
1993	17th
1992	7th	Harald Bauder/men's epee