Bill Batterman is the 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