The coaching team
Most American coaches learned World Schools secondhand. Our team has competed at the highest level of the format, adjudicated international championships, and coached squads up to national level. It shows in how they train.
Tin Puljić
Debate Coach
- •2021 World Universities Debating Champion
- •Best ESL Speaker at WUDC 2020 and 2021
- •Best speaker at 20+ international tournaments
- •Deputy Chief Adjudicator, European Universities Debating Championship
Cailyn Min
World Schools Coach
- •Best Open Speaker at WSDC Panama 2025, a first for Team USA
- •USA National WSDC Team, 5th place at Worlds 2025
- •Champion, Stanford World Schools tournament
- •Harvard Invitational champion and three-time TOC qualifier
Peregrine Beckett
Program Director
- •Semifinalist at the Tournament of Champions in Lincoln-Douglas
- •Named best speaker at the Harvard Invitational
- •Ranked 3rd among American university debaters
- •Went on to head-coach the Columbia Debate Society
Biser Angelov
World Schools Coach
- •Won the European University Debating Championships
- •Finished top 16 in the world at WUDC
- •Coaches the Bulgarian national debate team
- •Sits on the board of the Bulgarian Debate Association
Shaurya Chandravanshi
World Schools Coach
- •Represented the UAE on its national debate team
- •Broke into the top 10 speakers at the World University Debating Championship
- •Debated for the London School of Economics
- •Has served as chief adjudicator at international tournaments
Netra Easwaran
World Schools Coach
- •Debates with the Yale Debate Association, with a strong record on the APDA circuit
- •Directs World Scholar’s Cup programs
- •Served as Director-General of Yale Model United Nations
Mac Hays
Debate Coach
- •Took 4th place at NSDA Nationals
- •Debated for Brown University
- •Coached debate in Taiwan through the Fulbright program
- •Has taught at the National Symposium for Debate
Zach Fleeser
Debate Coach
- •Qualified to the Tournament of Champions multiple times
- •Award winner at NSDA Nationals
- •Has debated for the University of Oxford
- •Served as convenor of the International Championship of Young Debaters
Matt Mauriello
Debate & Writing Coach
- •Won the Yale Invitational on the APDA circuit
- •Reached the final at multiple APDA tournaments
- •Debated with the Harvard College Debating Union
Train with them.
Every new student starts with a free consultation and a placement recommendation from the coaching team.
Book a ConsultationHow this team coaches
The method is not a secret. These pages set out what we teach and how rounds get scored.
- How World Schools judging works
The 40/40/20 criteria every one of our written feedback reports is scored against.
- Building an argument that holds
Tagline, mechanisms, impact, weighing: the four-layer structure taught in every program.
- Weighing: how close rounds get decided
The comparison skill that separates teams who win panels from teams who split them.
- The 1-hour prep planner
The minute-by-minute team routine our students drill for impromptu rounds.