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General questions

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Financial assistance

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Where we are

Myers Park High School
Charlotte, North Carolina

Team leadership

Lynne Coyne

Director of Speech & DebateIB Global Politics Teacher

National Speech & Debate Association Fourth Diamond Coach Award

NSDA Fourth Diamond Coach

The National Speech & Debate Association Diamond Awards recognize sustained excellence, longevity, and student achievement in speech and debate coaching. Coyne’s Fourth Diamond reflects sustained coaching excellence and the competitive achievements of the students she has served.

Lynne Coyne is the Director of Speech & Debate at Myers Park High School, where she also teaches Global Politics in the International Baccalaureate program. Across middle and high school programs in multiple states, she has coached students to national titles at the National Speech & Debate Association, the National Catholic Forensic League, and the Tournament of Champions.

Coyne is an NSDA Fourth Diamond Coach and was named the 2025 Carolina West District Coach of the Year. She serves on the Harvard Debate Council staff for World Schools Debate and Public Forum and is a member of the Tarheel Forensic League Executive Board. Before entering education, she worked in political advocacy in Washington, D.C., including as a lobbyist for the National Organization for Women.

Runs the program day to day. School staff, not an officer of the Foundation.