Adam Thane

Adam is the Head Coach for the Bozeman High School (BHS) Speech and Debate Team, Chair of the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) District Committee for Montana East, a Bozeman High School English Teacher, and The Pan-African Speech and Debate League North America Coordinator.

Adam coaches all four Montana High School Association (MHSA) sanctioned debate events—Policy, Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, and Legislative; as well as the NSDA debate events—World Schools and Congressional.

Adam starting coaching debate at Bozeman High School in 2004. He began teaching at BHS in 2007 and currently teaches several different English courses. Adam has coached multiple State Champions in every MHSA debate event and has coached 8 policy teams, 7 LD debaters, 4 Public Forum teams, and 4 World Schools Debate teams to elimination rounds at Nationals. He has coached the Hawkers to 6 team State Championships as well as to 12th (2021) and 11th (2022) place finishes at the National Speech and Debate Association High School National Tournament.