Current Coaches

Director of Debate/Head COach - Dr. Michael Greenstein

Dr. Greenstein has been coaching debate for 18 years. Prior to arriving at Glenbrook North he was the Director of Debate at Georgetown University and New Trier High School. He could not be more proud to be the Director of Debate at Glenbrook North High School, where he debated in high school. Dr. Greenstein has coached 3 national championships, 5 runners-up at nationals, 5 third place finishes at nationals, and 5 top speakers at nationals.  In the last 15 years he has coached 9 state championships, 4 second place state finishes, a third place finish, as well as 12 total state championships over his career. 

Associate Debate Coach - Mr. Stephen Pipkin 

This will be Mr. Pipkin's 11th year coaching at Glenbrook North.  He previously coached at Gulliver Prep in Florida and Northwestern University. He has coached teams to late elimination rounds at every major national tournament including finals of the TOC and two NFL national championships. Stephen's teams have won the Illinois State Championship in each of his first 3 years at Glenbrook North. His debaters have received top 5 speaker awards at St Marks, MBA, NDCA, Emory, Blake, Greenhill, and the TOC, including top speaker at the NSDA National Championship tournament. 

Assistant Debate Coach - Mr. Dustin Meyers-Levy

This will be Mr. Meyers-Levy's 8th year coaching at Glenbrook North. He has been an assistant debate coach at the University of Michigan for several years as well. 

Assistant Debate Coach - Mr. Chris Fry

This will be Mr. Fry's 4th year coaching at Glenbrook North. Previously he has coached at Blue Valley Southwest in Kansas, at the University of Georgia, and Northwestern University.

Assistant Debate Coach - Mr. ARvind Shankar

This is Mr. Shankar's 2nd year coaching at Glenbrook North. Mr. Shankar debated at Dartmouth College and previously coached North Broward Prep in Florida.