Past Coaches

Training Minds Ministry has had some of the best coaches in the country involved in its programs. Check out the long list of coaches, some of whom are still available for coaching.

Suzanne Nasser

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Debate Coach Nasser lives with her family in the Fort Worth area of Texas. She served as the Team Debate Coordinator for her club, coaching several successful national Team Debate contenders. Her desire is to see more young people turned on to NCFCA Speech & Debate to develop their communication skills and impact their world [...]

Chap Bettis

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Apologetics Chap entered into the NCFCA Apologetics field when he was asked by a homeschool co-op to prepare a group of students for competition. As a homeschool dad, he loved NCFCA. But competition combined with doctrine and apologetics? This must be heaven! Having taught a club for the past three years, he is even more [...]

Samantha Nasser

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Lincoln-Douglas Debate After four years of competition in Region 4, Samantha Nasser graduated from the NCFCA as on of the top 5 competitors in the nation in both Team Policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate. In all four of her competitive years, Samantha competed at the national tournament, placing 3rd in Lincoln-Douglas debate in 2008 and 5th [...]

Joanna Griffith

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Apologetics, Platforms, Debate Joanna spent three years competing in NCFCA winning over 50 awards in Team-Policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, and numerous speech events. She competed in Apologetics at the national championship for three consecutive years, advancing to out rounds each year. Her awards include 1st place Sweepstakes at the 2008 Colorado and Texas National Opens, [...]

Mike Winther

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Team-Policy and Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Club Coaching Mike’s debate experience spans across three debate leagues and 30 years; it includes experience as both participant and coach; and includes both academic and real-world debate. For 7 years he was an avid competitor.  In high school, he competed for 3 years in the National Forensic League (NFL), earning [...]

Lee Strobel (2010 Keynote)

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Keynote Speaker 2010 Mr. Strobel is bestselling author of Case for Christ. He was an award-winning legal editor for the Chicago Tribune before turning to Christianity. Today he is an “atheist-turned-Christian” and a New York Times best-selling author of nearly twenty books. Mr. Strobel has been interviewed on numerous national television programs, including ABC’s 20/20, [...]

Larry Sparks

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Extemp, Team-Policy Debate, Club Coaching Larry debated in National Forensic League debate while in high school from 1982-1984. In college he continued to build debate, research and communication skills at Bethany College in Scotts Valley, CA. At Bethany, he met and married his wife, Kristina, in 1987. Larry has spent his career in Sales and [...]