Daily News | Nikki Franke, legendary Temple fencing coach, retires after 50 years
Temple fencing coach Nikki Franke is photographed on Tuesday, June 7, 2022., at Temple University. She has been the women's fencing coach since the program began in the 1972-73 season.More than 50 years ago, Nikki Franke, then a 21-year-old public health graduate student and fencing teacher, started Temple University’s women’s fencing program, becoming the first Black woman to coach an NCAA Division I fencing team.
Additionally, the pioneer has led the Owls to an impressive streak in the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association championships: Her foil squads have won every championship since 1999. Temple will hold a press conference Tuesday morning to formally introduce Salmon, who coached the men’s and women’s fencing program at Brandeis University — and for Franke to offer parting words.
“Dr. Franke is legendary and peerless,” said Temple University president Jason Wingard. “She is a Temple icon and represents excellence as a scholar, a former elite fencer, and the first Black woman to ever coach an NCAA fencing team. We are honored that she chose Temple, for half a century, to build and lead a best-in-class women’s athletic program.”
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