Hossam Hassan is an internationally recognized coach with 27 years of fencing experience. He has earned degrees from the French Fencing Federation and the International Olympic Committee, and has trained under some of the top coaches in the world, including Master Michelle Perrin, the National French Team coach, Master Octavian Zidaru of Romania, Master Ioan Pop, the Technical Director of the International Fencing Federation, former Egyptian National Team coach Istvan Marton of Hungary, and the legendary Alexander Romankov of Russia. As an athlete, he won the Egyptian National Championship twice, once as a junior and again as a senior.

From 1986-1988, Coach Hassan was coach of the Egyptian Fencing Club and from 1988-1990, Assistant National Foil Team coach of the Egyptian Fencing Federation. From 1990-2000 he was coach of the Alsogor Club as well as the King Faisal Air Base, and in 1992 he was invited to train the Saudi National Team at the Barcelona Olympics. Coach Hassan became coach of the Algezira Club in Cairo in 2000, and in 2002 was named Head Coach of the National Egyptian Team, where he trained many internationally ranked athletes. In 2004 the men's foil team, under the direction and instruction of Coach Hassan, qualified for the Olympic Games in Athens.

Prior to coming to St. Louis, Coach Hassan was coach at Lotus Fencing Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.