Meghan is thrilled to be back at her old program and take on the role of Head Coach! This will be her second year coaching at ERHS. As a student, she competed in Storytelling, Duo, Info, and Humor. Afterwards, she competed at UW-Eau Claire in both interp and public address categories, earning multiple national accolades. She is most excited to connect with all her students and continue the legacy of #SpeechRidge. 

Tammy has been a Speech and Debate coach for 7 years. She enjoys True Crime podcasts, KPop music, hanging out with her grandchildren, and a great cup of coffee. She coaches Informative, Great Speeches, and Oratory.

Katie has been a coach at East Ridge for over ten years, and has coached students in all of the Public Address categories.  She is a patent attorney for 3M, has two dogs (Stella shown, Baxter is camera-shy), loves gardening and yoga. This year, she'll be coaching both Domestic and International Extemp Speaking.

Clark is currently pursuing his degree in Interior Design at the University of Minnesota. This will be his third year coaching Speech. He also coaches Congressional Debate. This season, he's particularly excited to work with students in Info in addition to Original Oratory—he has a soft spot for clever wordplay, and there’s nothing he enjoys more than a well-crafted pun!

Talon is super excited to begin his first ever season coaching! He's been judging since he graduated high school, where he competed in Creative, Duo, and Impromptu. He'll graduate from MSU Mankato this December with a BS in Instrumental Music Education to teach concert band. He couldn’t be happier to be here!

Austin has been in speech since 2016. As a student he competed for 2 years in Duo, Prose, and Impromptu. He's coached at Park High School for 2 years and he's been judging for 5 years.  In his spare time he enjoys watching Star Wars, playing video games, spending time with his family, his black lab Tex, and working in the pits of his wife's family race team.

Izhan is a Junior at the UMN Twin Cities, double majoring in Human Physiology and Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Justice. As a student, Izhan competed in domestic and international extemp speech as well as classic and public forum debate. He has been coaching debate since graduating from high school, and is excited to begin his first year coaching speech!