Jadon Buzzard is Head Coach and co-owner of Ethos Debate. Jadon was a decorated and formidable collegiate debater, winning the 2021 PKD National Tournament in Parli and consistantly breaking far into outrounds in NFA-LD tournaments. He’s won Hillsdale College over 40 debate awards and led their debate team to win several National sweepstakes. Jadon has experience in almost every debate format, coaching many teams that made it to late outrounds at NITOC and NCFCA nationals.  Full Bio

Christian Fernandez is Chief of Operations and co-owner of Ethos Debate.

Formerly an adjunct rhetoric professor at Patrick Henry, he holds a Bachelors of Arts in Literature and a Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance. As a high school student, Christian competed in Lincoln-Douglas, where he ultimately ranked nationally in 2010 and 2011. Full Bio 

Joel is an NCFCA alumnus and veteran coach with six years of experience mentoring high school and collegiate debaters. He’s coached numerous students to elimination rounds at Nationals, three of whom secured championship titles.  After years of experience in moot court, LD, mock trial, and interp, he was named Outstanding Debater of the Year by the Midwest Debate Association in 2019. Having earned his degree in philosophy, he is an assistant coach for the Wheaton communications department. Full Bio

Silver Coach | LD, Moot Court

Noah graduated from Covenant College in 2021 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in philosophy through the University of Edinburgh. In 2016, Noah became a regional LD debate champion and placed in the top ten Nationally. The following year, he went undefeated at the Wenham, MA national open, winning the final round 5-0, and shortly thereafter placed 2nd at the National Championship after achieving a perfect preliminary record. Full Bio

Calvin is a junior Government major with a track in American Politics and Policy at Patrick Henry College. Calvin has always had a passion for coaching Team Policy Debate, serving as a coach for his club in the three years before he went to college. He made it to NITOC four times and NFCA Nationals once. In his last three years in debate, he was always part of the number one or two TP teams in his state. Calvin competes in Mock Trial and Moot COurt at PHC. Full Bio

Silver Coach | LD, TP, & Speech

Luke is a fresh speech and debate graduate currently pursuing a double major at Dallas Baptist University. As a high school student, he competed in five speech and debate leagues experiencing success in Lincoln Douglas, Team Policy and Limited Prep formats. He saw plenty of success during his time in high school, and he’s currently competing on his college debate and mock trial teams, while also teaching debate at a local academy. Full Bio