Coaches
The WPDU employs two full-time directors and numerous graduate teaching assistants working with debate therefore making it one of the largest and most experienced debating coaching staffs in the United States. The current WPDU faculty includes the following:
Current
Director of the William Pitt Debating Union: Gordon Mitchell
Director of Debate: Shanara Reid-Brinkley
Associate Director of Debate: Paul Johnson
Assistant Coach: Matt Gayetsky
Assistant Coach: Sydney Pasquinelli
Assistant Coach: Taylor Hahn
Assistant Coach: Amber Kelsie
Assistant Coach (specializing in public debate pedagogy): Odile Hobeika
Former
Joseph Packer - 2007 to 2010
John Rief - 2005 to 2010
Brent Saindon - 2005 to 2008
Matt Brigham - 2005 to 2007
Thomas Kane - director of the 1981 national championship team
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“The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)