Bill has been the Director of Debate at Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, WI since 2006. He has been involved with high school debate since 1997.
Previous Coaching Positions
- Assistant Debate Coach, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School - 2000-2001
- Assistant Debate Coach, Nicolet High School - 2003-2004
- Assistant Debate Coach, Appleton East High School - 2004-2005
- Assistant Debate Coach, Marquette University High School - 2005-2006
- Director of Forensics, Marquette University High School - 2006-2008
Other Instructional Positions
- Instructor of the Advanced Lab at the Wisconsin Debate Coaches’ Association Fall Workshop - 2003, 2005-2006
- Lab Leader at the Marquette University Debate Institute - 2007-2008
- Lab Leader at the University of Michigan Classic Debate Institute - 2009
Service / Writing / Awards
- Contributing Writer to Wisconsin Forensics Daily - 2005-present
- Operations Director of the Wisconsin State Debate Tournament - 2006-2007
- Member of the Southern Wisconsin District Committee of the National Forensic League - 2007-2009
- President-Elect, President, and Past-President of the Wisconsin Debate Coaches’ Association - 2007-2010
- Tournament Director of the Hilltopper Classic at Marquette University High School - 2007-present
- Editor and Contributor to the National Debate Coaches’ Association Argument Wiki - 2008-present
- Recipient of the Service Award from the National Debate Coaches’ Association - 2009
- Co-Founder and Contributing Writer to The 3NR - 2009-present
The 3NR
Bill co-founded The 3NR in 2009. The following are its last ten posts.
- Defending The Affirmative: Tips For Answering Multi-Plank Counterplans
- Bad Cards #3: The “Harrison ‘05/’06″ Legal Debate Blog Cards
- New Malgorcast
- The Dish on Debate
- CX Part 1- some don’ts
- Challenge- Mearsheimer Indict
- Bad Cards #2: The “Corsi ‘5″ Terrorism Impact
- Don’t Call It A Comeback: The 3NR Podcast Makes Its Ali-Like Return To The Ring
- So you want to win the TOC- part 1- introduction
- Tournament of Champions Qualifying Tournament History and Trivia
Wisconsin Forensics Daily
Bill is a contributing writer to Wisconsin Forensics Daily, “your source for news and culture about Wisconsin debate and forensics”. The following are its last ten posts.
- Appleton East Alum Honored
- Practice Extemp Questions – JMM Version
- Thursday Thing to Read: Double Entry at WFCA State
- WFCA 40th Anniversary Bash!
- Sheboygan South Results
- UW Whitewater Speech Bowl Results
- Monday Meditation: Stop Reading Codes at Awards
- Kaukauna Forensic Tournament results
- Rufus King/Alverno College Forensics Tournament Results
- Winneconne Forensic Tournament Results
Other Debate Links
- Bill’s Judging Philosophy
- Bill’s Profile at Cross-X.com
- The National Debate Coaches’ Association Argument Wiki
- The Official Site of the Marquette University High School Webster Club
- Bill’s (Old) Archive of Results from Wisconsin Tournaments

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