Joshua Mitchell

• Coached high school at Cheyenne east
• Helped coach Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas debaters
• Traveled with the team and judged at high school tournaments
• Experience coaching debaters at all level
• Connection to high school debate in Wyoming

At this position I have worked closely with the University of Wyoming debate team as a coach.

• 20 hours of coaching per week.
• Evidence production and research
• Travel with the team
• Managed team expenses
• Scheduled trips and made itineraries for travel
• Helped with travel logistics
• Ran practices and drills for debaters
• Pre and post round coaching during tournaments
• Judged for the team to fulfill our judging obligations at tournaments
• Coached at the University of Wyoming Forensic institute summer camp

• Debated for the University of Wyoming for 4 years
• Debated in both Policy and British Parliamentary
• Gained knowledge and experience in policy debate
• Gained intricate knowledge of the University of Wyoming team and debaters on the team.
• 2 Time qualifier for the National Debate Tournament. Only 78 teams in the country are qualified.
• UW Policy debate tournament JV division - Semifinals
• Northwestern University JV Division - 1st Place
• D2 D4 D5 Qualifier - Qualified for the NDT
• Broke at multiple tournaments including United States Naval Academy, OWEN L COON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AT NORTHWESTERN In the open division, University of Mary Washington.
• Technical knowledge of NDT / CEDA policy debate and research skills required for evidence production.
• Connections to University of Wyoming debaters including current debaters and alumni.
• Coached debaters as an undergraduate including NDT qualifier and current debaters.
• Worked on recruiting new debaters
• Volunteered with team Wyoming 2020-2022.
• Volunteered with WYVA.
• Worked with High school institutions.
• Wrote articles for the University of Wyoming debate blog.

• Debated on the Wyoming High school circuit
• Gained experience in every type of debate
• Experienced in the types of debate that new college debaters are likely to have experience in
• Connections to high school institutions and coaches
• Attended Wyoming high school coaches meetings, tournaments and helped run Wyoming high school tournaments
• Judged and helped with the University of Wyoming High school tournament 2021-2022
• The Wyoming State tournament 2022
• The Wyoming Online college tournament 2019