UNT Debate

UNT Debate Participation on the North Texas Debate Team is open to all undergraduate students in the university. Go Mean Green!

The University of North Texas Debate Team is committed to excellence in speech and debate at the state, region, national, and international levels. The UNT Debate Team, directed by Brian Lain, participates actively in the NFA (National Forensics Association) and the AFA (American Forensic Association) and attends 15-20 tournaments each year, including: Northwestern, Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association state tournaments, Lewis and Clark, Illinois State, Western Washington, IPDA and NFA Nationals. Since 1983, North Texas has qualified for National Tournaments over 30 times.The North Texas Debate Team is engaged in several outreach programs designed to expand and support the academic debate community and foster argumentation education. These activities include a high school debate tournament, a college debate tournament, multiple public debates across the year, and a summer workshop for high school students (the Mean Green Comet). The North Texas Debate Team is supported by Student Service Fees, the Department of Communication Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. If you are interested in joining the debate team please email Brian Lain at [email protected] or Louie Petit at [email protected] or Gavvy Lott at [email protected] .

09/30/2026

T-6 Months Till TFA State!!!

04/26/2026

How to donate? -
On the link posted in our bio
choose the department (college of liberal arts and social sciences) select "Other" from the designation dropdown menu, and enter "Debate" in the "Please designate gift below" field so your contribution is credited to UNT
Debate.

04/21/2026

In 6 days is UNT Day of Giving. We would greatly appreciate your support to our team.
How to donate? -
On the link posted in our bio
choose the department (college of liberal arts and social sciences) select "Other" from the designation dropdown menu, and enter "Debate" in the "Please designate gift below" field so your contribution is credited to UNT Debate.

03/09/2026

UNT Debate is proud to announce that we are going to be co-hosting the 2026 TFA State Tournament.
On Thursday and Friday we will be hosting rounds at the
UNT Frisco Campus.

Address

1155 Union Circle, Box 305268
Denton, TX
76203

Telephone

+19405652588

Website

http://www.debate.unt.edu/

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