Julia Jones Pugliese (May 9, 1909 – March 6, 1993) was an American fencer.
Born Julia Jones, she married Anthony Pugliese. She started her fencing career at NYU and became the first women's US National Intercollegiate champion in 1929.
Julia Jones-Pugliese took up fencing as a New York University student in 1927 and five years later began a 60-year career as one the nation's premier coaches. She was the first woman to coach a collegiate fencing team, leading N.Y.U. to national championships in 1933 and 1938, and coached the Hunter team to a national title in 1970. Mrs. Jones-Pugliese was the Hunter coach from 1956 until her death in 1993.
For Mrs. Jones-Pugliese, stature was athletic destiny. Deciding she was too short to join the N.Y.U. basketball team, she took up fencing and helped found the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association. The association, whose membership grew from 4 to more than 70 colleges, conducts what is considered the oldest collegiate championship for women in any sport.
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The Team Medals and Individual Foil Champion trophy for the NIWFA are named after Julia Jones (under her maiden name), and fashioned in her likeness.