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Writer's
note: Vegas vacation
National
Debate Tournament
Waiting
to Inhale
What
a Quack
The
Schoolhouse Rocker
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Debate
by the numbers
In addition
to earning invitations to the National Debate Tournament 18 of the
last 19 years, North Texas teams have earned numerous honors at
the tournament since its inception in 1947:
1948
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First
Place |
Keith
Parks ('48) and David Cotten ('48) |
1962 |
Fifth
Place |
Anne
Hodges ('62) and John Swaney ('63) |
1986 |
Octafinalists |
Matt
Caligur ('89, '91 M.S.) and Keith Woods ('88) |
1997 |
Double
Octafinalists |
Eli
Holloway ('99) and Cody Morrow |
1998 |
Octafinalists |
Eli
Holloway and Cody Morrow |
1999 |
Fifth
Place |
Eli
Holloway and Kenda Cunningham
(Holloway was named 10th-best speaker) |
2000
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Double
Octafinalists |
Cody
Morrow and John Hines |
2001
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Octafinalists |
Kenda
Cunningham and John Hines |
A great
deal of UNT's success in college debate is attributable to the coaches
who have served as director of debate and forensics:
William
R. DeMougeot |
1954-71
and 1979-81 |
Ben
Chappell |
1971-75 |
Don
Brownlee |
1975-79 |
John
S. Gossett |
1981-91 |
Mark
B. DeLoach |
1991-2000 |
Josh
Hoe (interim) |
2000-01 |
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