UTNIF Individual Events Director

Randy Cox, Administrative Director, Director of Individual Events

Former high school principal Randy Cox is the Director of UT's Individual Events Team, and serves as current Executive Secretary of the Texas Speech Communication Association and President of the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association. A founding member of UT's competitive speech team and a former national champion himself, his students have been graced with 16 individual national titles at both the high school and collegiate levels, and have also been awarded national team titles including the NFL Bruno E. Jacob cumulative trophy, the NCFL Masterson and Founders awards, the NCFL Cardinal Cooke Diocesan Award (given to the Boston Diocese), as well as three American Forensic Association NIET team titles. Randy served as Director and Co-Director of the IE Team from 1991-1994 before serving for five years as Co-Director of Boston's Milton Academy Speech Team. Randy is also one of the founders of the University of Texas National Institute in Forensics, and has served as an instructor every year since its inception.

CX Debate Division Directors

Brian McBride, University of Southern California

Jairus Grove, Johns Hopkins University

Individual Events Division Director

Deborah Simon, Milton Academy

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Division Director

Stacy Thomas, The Hockaday School

All staff are subject to final contractual approval by the University of Texas and passage of a criminal background check and can change without notice.

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