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Head Coach

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Richard Howard
ACFA Head Coach
ACFA Board of Directors
USFA Coach Competitive Member
 
Coach Howard has been coaching fencing for over 30 years.  He is certified by the United States Fencing Coaches Association and the Academie d' Armes Internationale as a Moniteur D' Escrime in foil, epee and sabre.  He is also a coaching member of the United States Fencing Association.  Coach Howard was initially trained by his maternal grandfather, Mr. T. E. Anderson, who was a student of Ralph Faulkner at the Falcon Studios in the late 1920's and early 1930's.  In addition, as a young teenager, Coach Howard's grandfather placed him under the tutelage of Maestro Nick Toth in Colorado Springs in 1960.  Coach Howard has helped develop the talent of numerous fencers, producing numerous fencers who have competed at the National Junior Olympic Championships and other national competitions.  He is also a certified fencing referee in all three weapons.  Coach Howard teaches Biology at Amarillo College and is the curator of the AC Natural History Museum.  He is also a concert pianist.
 

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Coaches
(Also Competitive Fencers)

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Chuck Slaughter

2005 NAC B - Coach Slaughter & Juleah Nusz

ACFA Coach
Chairman of ACFA Board of Directors
USFA Coach Competitive Member
Sabre E07, Epee C09, Foil D06
2006 USFA Volunteer Coach of the Year
2006 USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year Finalist
USFA National Championships 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009
END OF SEASON NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS
2009 - Veteran 50 Men's Epee - # 52
2008 - Veteran 50 Men's Epee - # 85
2003 - Veteran 40 Men's Epee - # 45
2003 - Veteran 40 Men's Foil - # 54
2003 - Veteran 40 Men's Sabre - # 28
 
Chuck Slaughter is a Coach and competitive fencer with Amarillo College Fencing Association.  He has been fencing competitively since 1999.  Chuck was selected as the 2006 Volunteer Coach of the Year by the United States Fencing Association and was a National Finalist for the 2006 United States Olympic Committee Volunteer Coach of the Year Award.  He has completed his Level 1 Coaches certification in foil and epee at the United States Fencing Association's Coaches College, held at the U. S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Chuck is the primary coach for the ACFA youth fencers.  He is the instructor for the Beginning and Intermediate Youth Fencing Classes at Amarillo College, teaching children ages 8 to 13.    He also assists Head Coach Richard Howard with the adult fencing classes.  He has served as Chairman (2005-2007), Vice-Chairman (2007-2009) and Secretary (2003-2005) of the Plains Texas Division of the USFA and is the 2009-2010 Division Chairman.  He is married to Gayle, and they have two children, Jared and Courtney.  He has been an Assistant District Attorney in Amarillo, Texas, since 1989.

A message from Chuck about registering for class at AC!

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ACFA Coach
USFA Coach Competitive Member
Sabre U, Epee E09, Foil U
 
Recently graduated from Texas Tech University, Jay plays the tuba and is a band director in the River Road School District.  He is married to Mary, who also works as a band director in River Road High School.  They have one daughter, Alison.  While Jay was at Texas Tech, he was a fencing coach with the Double T Fencing Club at Texas Tech.

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JARED SLAUGHTER
ACFA Coach
Sabre U, Epee B07, Foil C06
National Junior Olympic Championships 2000, 2001, 2003
USFA National Championships 2003
Former ACFA Red Shirt
PLAINS TEXAS DIVISION CUP
2006 - Senior Men's Epee
2005 - Senior Men's Foil
2005 - Senior Men's Epee

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BEN SIMPSON
ACFA Coach
Sabre C07, Epee C08, Foil C09
More information coming soon.

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Josh Evans at 2008 Texas Tech Open
JOSH EVANS ***
ACFA Coach
Former Red Shirt
USFA Coach Competitive Member
Sabre D08, Epee D09, Foil C08
National Junior Olympic Championships 2000, 2001, 2002
USFA Summer National Championships 2003, 2009
PLAINS TEXAS DIVISION CUP
2004 - Senior Men's Foil
2007 - Senior Men's Foil
2007 - Senior Men's Sabre
 
Josh Evans is a competitive fencer and coach for Amarillo College Fencing Association.  Josh has been fencing competitively at ACFA since it's beginning in 1999.  Prior to being named a coach by Head Coach Richard Howard, Josh was a "Red Shirt" and Assistant Coach for many years.  Josh recently married ACFA fencer Jamy Ledford and is now the proud father of future fencers Kraigan Evans and Kyler Evans.  Josh graduated from West Texas A & M University in May, 2007, with a Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology.
 
*** Currently Inactive and on "Leave of Absence"

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TREY SLUDER ***
ACFA Coach
Sabre C08, Epee E07, Foil D09
USFA Summer National Championships 2007, 2008, 2009
PLAINS TEXAS - NEW MEXICO CUP
2008 - Senior Men's Sabre
 
*** Inactive as Coach for Spring 2010 Semester

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