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While he may be the new head coach for the debate forensics team, Kiefer Storrer isn t new to Kansas Wesleyan University.
After a successful 2020-2021 season that saw the KWU debate and forensics team take home national individual titles and a third-place finish overall, iconic head coach Gary Harmon decided to retire, making way for his new assistant and former team member Storrer to take over.
Storrer, originally from Osage City and a 2013 graduate of KWU, is looking forward to his new role. It feels really awesome, not only moving from the assistant coaching position to the head coaching position but also being back in person, Storrer said.
The Kansas State High School Activities Association announced that Gary Harmon, longtime debate and speech coach at Kansas Wesleyan University, has been selected for the 2020-21 National Federation of State High School Association s Outstanding Speech/Debate/Theatre Educator Award.
Harmon has been teaching and coaching since 1965 and will be retiring from Kansas Wesleyan University at the conclusion of this school year.
Starting a career in education
Harmon said his career in education has exceeded five decades, beginning in the spring of 1965 at Hutchinson Central Junior High School, where he taught English, was the pep club sponsor and directed the all-school play.