Meet Mark Roose, Head Coach and Co-Founder of Nile Debate. Mark has competed in debate for nine years (6-12 grade and now in college), and has been coaching for the last five years. Not only did he find great success at all levels while competing, but in his explosive coaching career, he has already created Champions - the NCFCA 2023-2024 Team Policy National Champions in particular. Mark's coaching is centered around godly living and the real-world application of debate skills. The content of his coaching is a high-level collaboration of: Broad strategy, Technical skills, and Physiological rhetoric. Mark uses a base of coaching documents and questions, which he adapts and specializes based on the abilities and needs of each team. Mark especially loves to teach what he dubs 'The Art of Narrative.' In his coaching sessions, Mark teaches general core principles; however, he often presents novel ideas of running arguments and constructing speeches that push the boundaries of common strategy. Mark encourages questions and enjoys deliberation with students on argumentative best practices. Mark coaches because he loves debate and wants to ensure that the next generation of competitors are able to find the lifelong value of debate that was offered to him.
