Nathan Johnston is the Director of Speech and Debate at Lake Highland Preparatory School where he also teaches Government and International Relations. Nathan is a two-diamond NSDA coach who has earned two distinguished service plaques from the NSDA. He is the Region 2 Coordinator for the Florida Forensics League, a member of the Florida Panther NSDA district committee, and the Chair of the NSDA Public Forum Debate Topic Wording Committee. He holds master’s degrees in both history and educational leadership and is currently working on his doctorate in education at the University of South Carolina. Nathan has coached students to late elimination rounds earning numerous TOC bids in PF, LD, Congress, and all speech events at tournaments including Yale, Bronx, Blue Key, Minneapple, Glenbrooks, Princeton, Emory, Harvard, TOC, CFL Grand Nationals, and NSDA Nationals. He has coached national finalists in DI, Congress, and POI, and national champions in Poetry, Extemp, and Public Forum Debate.