Meet the Staff

Carly joined the Honors College in 2011. As a student at MSU, she won the 2010 National Debate Tournament. Winner of the 2020 American Debate Association Excellence in Coaching Award, Carly coached teams to the semifinals of the NDT with MSU.

Will has been the debate coach at MSU since 1996. He joined Michigan State University's staff after coaching at East Lansing High School where his teams won several Michigan State Championships and the 1995 NCFL National Championship.

Kevin joined the MSU Debate Team in 2021 after working as an assistant debate coach at Glenbrook North High School (IL). Kevin's previously coached at Berkeley Preparatory School (FL), University of Miami, and Gulliver Preparatory (FL).

Jasmine Stidham is a debate coach at Michigan State University. She previously served as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College for five years. At the collegiate level, Jasmine helped coach Dartmouth to win the 2021 Copeland Award and the National Debate Tournament two years in a row.

Bruce as been coaching with MSU Debate since 2019 and has worked with the Spartan Debate Institute since 2017. Prior to joining MSU Debate, Bruce coached at Wayne State University where he coached several first-round-at-large teams at the National Debate Tournament.