Dayn DeRose B.A., M.A., was the Head Coach for Drew University’s Men’s and Women’s Fencing teams for 20 years. He was credited with making his time at Drew the most successful period in the Fencing program’s history, including Drew’s first qualification for the NCAA National Finals, after which Drew qualified 8 more times, hosting the tournament in 2002 and in 2007. During that time Drew won the MACFA Conference Championships Over-all title 4 times and EWFC Conference Championships Over-all Title 6 straight years in a row. He was awarded MACFA Conference Coach of the Year for 2000 and multiple EWFC Coach of the Year awards. While Northeast Vice President of the US Fencing Coaches Association, he held several of the most successful Coaches’ training and certification clinics in that organization’s history. Previously, he was the Millburn High School Head fencing Coach, and he was responsible for the formation and development of the Millburn High School Boy‘s Varsity Fencing Team, which he brought to Championship level within 5 years. Under Dayn’s direction, Millburn captured its first state Epee championship in 1989 and produced a number of national level fencers in the under 20 age division, notably 1996 Olympian and Pan-Am champion Tamir Bloom.