Megan Butt is currently in her eighth year of teaching, and first year directing the speech and debate program at Providence High School. In her five years of coaching, Megan has helped coach over 70 state and district finalists, dozens of national qualifiers, and several state champions. She has also coached students to late out-rounds at NSDA Nationals, including assistant coaching both Carolina West district World Schools Debate teams to 5th and 8th place in 2017. Outside of forensics, Megan is an experienced classroom instructor who currently teaches English and AP Seminar, an advanced critical thinking and research writing course. When she’s not coaching debate, Megan enjoys her second-favorite pastime: arguing with her husband, Bilal Butt. Megan has watched her best students experience incredible growth at ISD over the years, and is excited to finally join the ISD family as a faculty member this summer!
Location: Carolina
Bilal Butt
Bilal Butt is the Director of Speech and Debate at Charlotte Latin School. Bilal is a one-diamond NSDA coach who was the North Carolina coach of the year in 2019. He has served on the Tarheel Forensic League state committee, and the NSDA Public Forum Debate Topic Wording Committee. Over his time in the activity, his students have earned a long list of impressive results. His teams closed out Yale (1st and 2nd place), championed the George Mason Invitational, reached finals of Wake Forest, Durham, Harvard, Blake, and NCFL Grand Nationals, reached semifinals of the New York City, Emory, Sunvite, and Glenbrooks invitational tournaments. They also reached quarterfinals at the Tournament of Champions and top 8 at the NSDA National tournament in both Public Forum Debate and World Schools Debate.