John has been an assistant coach at Colleyville Heritage HS (’11-’18) and Coppell HS (’18-’20) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In those roles, John focused on Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate. John has coached TFA State championships in Public Forum (’17 & ’21), TOC Gold PF semifinalists, and teams that have received gold bids at UT, Grapevine, Harvard, Emory, Glenbrooks, Berkeley, and Michigan. John’s students have also competed in the Harvard and Berkeley round robins. In addition to coaching, John has worked extensively at debate camps across the country, serving as a lab leader at NSD (TX & main session), VBI, NDF, TDC, and Mean Green/Comet, as well as serving as an LD curriculum director in ISD’s online session. John has also served as student life administrator for NSD’s Philly session for the past 3 years.