• Coaches:

    Russell Rach: 1998-2003- UIL 5 UIL District Championships, Multiple TFA qualifiers and outrounds, 1 UIL State Championship, 1 TOC Qualifier.

    Jason Courville: 2004-2014- 10 UIL District Championships, TFA Double and Octafinalists, 3 UIL State Championships, 3 Top 20 NSDA National Placements, 3 TOC Qualifiers. Currently the assistant coach at Kinkaid where he has coached multiple TOC, TFA, and NSDA qualifiers.

    Stephen Garrett: 2009-2015- Assistant Coach from 2009-2014, TFA State, UIL State Quarterfinalist. 2 UIL State Championships Graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas (2009). Finished his JD in 2014 from the University of Houston, current law firm is Hornblower, Manning, Ward, Harrison, and Rodriguez P.C.

    Nicholas Jennings: 2016-2019- Mr. Jennings coached the first team to qualify for TFA State in 2016 and multiple regional qualifiers in Extemporaneous Speaking.  He debate at the University of Houston where he beat several NDT 1st-round teams.  He coached at Dulles High School for four years. He qualified multiple LDers in TOC and advanced to elimination rounds.  He coached a sophomore LDer to 6th place at UIL State. He coached multiple CX teams to UIL State elimination rounds, TFA State elimination rounds, and NSDA Nationals elimination rounds. He also coached multiple extemporaneous speakers and PF debaters to TFA State and NSDA Nationals. He is currently the coach at Niles West.

    Students

    2021-2022:

    Georgia Jensen- UIL District 1st Place Lincoln-Douglas Debate (2021), UIL District 2nd Place & UIL Regionals 4th Place Lincoln-Douglas Debate (2022)

     

    2014:

    Joshua Coleman- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Quarterfinalist and 3rd Speaker. Passed away June 10th 2013.

    Trevor Blackwood- TFA State Double Octafinalist, UIL State Qualifier, NSDA Nationals Top 20 Team. 

    Travis Blackwood- TFA State Qualifier. 

    Ashley Lance- TOC Qualifier, TFA Octafinalist, 2x UIL State Champion, UIL State 2nd Place, NSDA Nationals Top 20 Team. Earned a full ride scholarship to Cornell University and currently at University of Texas School of Law.

    Nelson "BAN" Zepeda- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Champion

    2013:

    Jacob Gonzales- TOC Qualifier, TFA State Octafinalist, UIL State Champion. Earned a full ride debate scholarship to the University of Texas at Dallas.

    Lesly Gutierrez- TFA State Double Octafinalist, UIL State Octafinalist. Earned a full ride debate scholarship to the University of Texas at Dallas.

    Josh Jennings- NFL Nationals Qualifier, TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Quarterfinalist. Debated at University of Houston.

    2012:

    Maria Belyaeva- TFA Qualifier, UIL State Qualifier. Attended the University of Texas at Austin

    2011:

    Meagan Sanchez- TFA State Octofinalist, UIL State 3rd Place, 1 TOC Bid, 14th Place NFL Nationals. Attended Texas A&M University

    2010:

    Dustin Darby- TFA State Octofinalist, UIL State Participant, 1 TOC Bid, NFL Nationals Qualifier. Debated at the University of Texas at Dallas, coached the first Urban Debate League team to win TFA State (Dallas Law Magnet, 2016)

    2009:

    Mathew Malek- TFA State Double Octofinalist, UIL State Finalist,14th place NFL Nationals. Graduated with a Chemical Engineering Degree from Texas A&M University, Now works for Occidental Petroleum

    2008:

    Nick Jennings-TFA State Double Octofinalist, UIL State Finalist, NFL Nationals Qualifier. Graduated the University of Houston in 2015, Current Head Debate Coach at Dulles High School.

    2007:

    Mathew Carswell- TFA State Double Octofinalist, UIL State Champion, 10th place NFL Nationals. Graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, coached Coppell High School to TOC and late out-rounds at TFA State and NSDA Nationals

    Ronnie Flack- TFA State, UIL State Semifinalist. Graduated from the University of Houston (2012). Graduated from South Texas College of Law

    Jonathon Slotter- TFA State Double Octofinalist, UIL State Champion, 10th place NFL Nationals. Graduated from the University of Maryland- College Park (2012). Graduated Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

    2006:

    Amanda Krzyzanowski- TFA State, UIL State- Quarter Finalist. Graduated from Randolph College (2010). Currently Working on her Ph.D in International Studies.

    Paul Williamson- TFA State Double Octofinalist, UIL State Quarterfinalist, NFL Nationals competitor. Currently attending Texas Tech University

    2005:

    Stephen Garrett- TFA State, UIL State Quarterfinalist. Graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas (2009). Finished his JD in 2014 from the University of Houston, current law firm is Hornblower, Manning, Ward, Harrison, and Rodriguez P.C.

    Jessica Krzyzanowski- TFA State, UIL State Quarterfinalist, NFL Nationals Competitor. Graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas (2009).

    Kasey Riess- TFA State, UIL State Quartrfinalists, NCFL Nationals Qualifier

    2004:

    Setara Ozan- TFA State, NCFL Nationals Qualifier. Graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas (2008). J.D. from Samford University (2012)

    2003:

    Laura-Leigh White (Nix)- TFA State Champion (Extemp), TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Co-Champion, NFL Nationals Qualifier. Graduated from Southern Methodist University (2007). MBA from Southern Methodist University.

    Tykisha Barnaba- TFA State Qualifier, NFL Nationals Qualifier

    2002:

    Andrew Kominek-TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Co-Champion

    John Long- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Co-Champion, TOC Qualifier, NFL Nationals Qualifier. Graduated from the University of Texas. J.D. from the University of Minnesota.

    Patrick Epperson- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Co-Champion, TOC Qualifier, NFL Nationals Qualifier

    2001:

    Nathan Galloway- TFA State Qualifier

    Brad Horswell- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Octofinalist, NCFL Nationals Qualifier

    Lauren Kasprzak- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Octofinalist, NCFL Nationals Qualifier

    2000:

    Teresa Huerta- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Octofinalist

    1999:

    Laura Hall- TFA State Qualifier, UIL State Octofinalist

    Nathanial Martinez- UIL State Octofinalist

    Floyd Srubar- UIL State Octofinalist

    1998:

    Kent Loftin- UIL State Octofinalist

    1997:

    Michael Leman- UIL State Octofinalist

    1991:

    Derek Eagleton- UIL State Champion in LD

    1986:

    Alex Jones- 3rd place at UIL State in LD