Coach Alethea Smith
Coach Alethea Smith

First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

Pictured here as a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1922)

Coach Alethea Smith
Coach Alethea Smith

First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)

Coach Alethea Smith
Coach Alethea Smith

First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)

Coach Elizabeth Thompson
Coach Elizabeth Thompson

Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1935)

Coach Elizabeth Thompson
Coach Elizabeth Thompson

Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1936)

Coach Elizabeth Thompson
Coach Elizabeth Thompson

Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

Coach Louise Richardson
Coach Louise Richardson

Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

 

Coach Louise Richardson
Coach Louise Richardson

Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

Coach Louise Richardson
Coach Louise Richardson

Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 -1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

Coach Robert Cotterill
Coach Robert Cotterill

Robert Spenser Cotterill, Florida State Debate Coach, 1940-1943
M.A. Ph.D. Wisconsin, FSCW Professor of History

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

Coach Gregg Phifer
Coach Gregg Phifer

Dr. Gregg Phifer was hired as the Director of Florida State Debate in 1949 and led the program until Dr. Marilyn Young took over in 1972.

Lyndon Gregg Phifer (1918 - 2005)

Lyndon Gregg Phifer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of the Pacific and earned his doctorate at the University of Iowa. A conscientious objector during World War II, he was assigned to perform civilian public service as a smoke jumper with the Forest Service. He was employed at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio before coming to FSU in 1949, where he enjoyed teaching in the communication department for 45 years. Gregg was a certified professional parliamentarian, a former president of the Southern Speech Communication Association and a master track official. His honors include FSU Professor Emeritus, Circle of the Gold Key and membership in the FSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Funeral and Memorial Society and the Association of Retired Faculty. 

Published in Tallahassee Democrat on June 3, 2005

Coach Wayne Minnick
Coach Wayne Minnick

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1953)

Marilyn Young Portrait 1969
Marilyn Young Portrait 1969

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1969

Marilyn Young in California
Marilyn Young in California

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1969

Mariln Young in Ontario, Canada
Mariln Young in Ontario, Canada

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection 1976

Marilyn Young in Ontario, Canada
Marilyn Young in Ontario, Canada

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1976

Marilyn Young in Califorrnia
Marilyn Young in Califorrnia

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1979

Coach Curtis Austin
Coach Curtis Austin

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1986

Coach Alethea Smith
Coach Alethea Smith
Coach Alethea Smith
Coach Elizabeth Thompson
Coach Elizabeth Thompson
Coach Elizabeth Thompson
Coach Louise Richardson
Coach Louise Richardson
Coach Louise Richardson
Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young
Coach Sadie Young
Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Margaret Wyly
Coach Robert Cotterill
Coach Gregg Phifer
Coach Wayne Minnick
Marilyn Young Portrait 1969
Marilyn Young in California
Mariln Young in Ontario, Canada
Marilyn Young in Ontario, Canada
Marilyn Young in Califorrnia
Coach Curtis Austin
Coach Alethea Smith

First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

Pictured here as a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1922)

Coach Alethea Smith

First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)

Coach Alethea Smith

First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)

Coach Elizabeth Thompson

Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1935)

Coach Elizabeth Thompson

Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1936)

Coach Elizabeth Thompson

Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

Coach Louise Richardson

Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

 

Coach Louise Richardson

Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

Coach Louise Richardson

Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 -1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

Coach Sadie Young

Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

Coach Margaret Wyly

Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

Coach Robert Cotterill

Robert Spenser Cotterill, Florida State Debate Coach, 1940-1943
M.A. Ph.D. Wisconsin, FSCW Professor of History

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

Coach Gregg Phifer

Dr. Gregg Phifer was hired as the Director of Florida State Debate in 1949 and led the program until Dr. Marilyn Young took over in 1972.

Lyndon Gregg Phifer (1918 - 2005)

Lyndon Gregg Phifer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of the Pacific and earned his doctorate at the University of Iowa. A conscientious objector during World War II, he was assigned to perform civilian public service as a smoke jumper with the Forest Service. He was employed at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio before coming to FSU in 1949, where he enjoyed teaching in the communication department for 45 years. Gregg was a certified professional parliamentarian, a former president of the Southern Speech Communication Association and a master track official. His honors include FSU Professor Emeritus, Circle of the Gold Key and membership in the FSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Funeral and Memorial Society and the Association of Retired Faculty. 

Published in Tallahassee Democrat on June 3, 2005

Coach Wayne Minnick

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1953)

Marilyn Young Portrait 1969

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1969

Marilyn Young in California

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1969

Mariln Young in Ontario, Canada

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection 1976

Marilyn Young in Ontario, Canada

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1976

Marilyn Young in Califorrnia

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1979

Coach Curtis Austin

Photo: Young Debate, MJY Collection, 1986

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