The Coaches

The UT Speech Team has been has been blessed over the years by the presence of an extraordinary set of coaches. Very few of these coaches have operated in a paid capacity, but are in fact volunteers who have given tremendous amounts of time to insure that students on the UT team have access to a diversity of expertise and opportunities for individual coaching in every event. Below is a list of the many individuals who have worked with the team since its inception in 1988.

1988-89: Peter Pober (Dir), Tracy Anderson-Wayson, Kent Wayson, Dave Fowler, John Bosma (first semester)

1989-90: Peter Pober (Dir), Tracy Anderson-Wayson, Kent Wayson

1990-91: Peter Pober (Dir), Tracy Anderson-Wayson, Kent Wayson

1991-92: Randy Cox (Dir), Chris Besett, Peter Pober, Tracy Anderson-Wayson, Kent Wayson

1992-93: Peter Pober & Randy Cox (Dirs), Karon Bowers, Hilari Weinstein, Kent Wayson, Ed Smith

1993-94: Peter Pober (Dir), Randy Cox, Karon Bowers, Kent Wayson, Ed Smith, William Langford, Sandra Fernandez, Peggy Lee Pleasant, Shane Miller

1994-95: Peter Pober (Dir), Kent Wayson, Tracy Anderson-Wayson, Lori Rotella, Shane Miller, Betsy Johnson-Miller, William Langford, Barbara Hanson-Langford, Amy Darnell, Ed Smith

1995-96: Peter Pober (Dir), Lori Rotella, Mark Ray, Ed Smith, Amy Darnell, William Langford, Barbara Hanson-Langford

1996-97: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Deanna Shoemaker, Dhaval Patel, Alyson Latz, Patricia Campos, Hilari Weinstein

1997-98: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Jennifer Yoder, Matthew Whitley, Deanna Shoemaker, Chris Phillips, Dhaval Patel, Jennifer Eshleman , Patricia Campos

1998-99: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Jennifer Yoder, Jennifer Rudenick, Jitin Hingorani, Jeremy Benoit, Jennifer Eshleman

1999-00: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Jeremy Benoit, Dan Mangis, Matt MacDonald, Ragan Fox, Jitin Hingorani

2000-01: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Nance Riffe, Randy Cox, Karon Bowers, Jeremy Benoit, Matt MacDonald, Angela Kariotis, Chris Lacy, Amy Dunn

2001-02: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Nance Riffe, Randy Cox, Karon Bowers, Rifi Newaz, Michael Graupmann, Angela Kariotis

2002-03: Peter Pober (Dir), Casey Garcia, Randy Cox, Karon Bowers, Rifi Newaz, Mana Hamid, Summer Mayr

2003-04: Randy Cox (Dir), Karon Bowers (Asst. Dir), Rifi Newaz, Mana Hamid, Kristyn Meyer, Daphne Brashear, Jennifer Eshleman, Keith Thomas, Matthew Whitley, Angie Miller, Summer Mayr, Chris Aspdal

2004-05: Randy Cox (Dir), Karon Bowers (Asst. Dir), Rifi Newaz, Kristyn Meyer, Daphne Brashear, Jennifer Eshleman, Keith Thomas, Matthew Whitley, Ryan Wiggins, Jason Warren, Sean Stewart, Jitin Hingorani, Kelly Byrne, Chris Mendez, Ben Robin

2005-06: Randy Cox (Dir), Karon Bowers (Asst. Dir), Jayme Meyer, Jason Warren, Sean Stewart, Erin Baird, Kelly Byrne (Fall), Chris Mendez, Frank Rivera, Bryan McCann, William Bridges, Gy Odom, Martin Note (Spring), Greg Burton