Nathan Johnston is a Program Director at Bergen Debate Club. With over a decade of teaching and coaching experience, Nathan is a two-diamond NSDA coach who has earned three distinguished service plaques from the NSDA. He has served as the Director of Speech and Debate at schools including Lake Highland Preparatory School and Trinity Preparatory School, as the Region 2 Coordinator for the Florida Forensics League, Chair of the Florida Panther NSDA district committee, and 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. His students and programs have won multiple state champions, and he has coached national finalists in DI, Congress, POI, Storytelling, and Lincoln-Douglas Debate and national champions in Poetry, Extemp, and Public Forum Debate.