by Sean Gregory

Mr. Nailor poses with fellow coach Mrs. Bates at forensics tournament in Philadelphia.

Danville High School librarian Mr.  Michael Nailor earned his third diamond in the National Forensics League recently.

Nailor has acrued over 60,000 points in his multiple years as a forensics head coach.

In forensics since he was a student himself, Nailor never dreamed of being in forensics for this long.

“All this means is that I’m too old,” Nailor said.

He has traveled as close as Bloomsburg and as far away as Las Vegas to coach students at both circuit and national forensics tournaments.

The National Forensics League is an honor society, in a sense.”

-Mr. Nailor

Nailor’s main focus in coaching is on debate, as it was his main forte as a high school student.

“Back in my day, policy debate was the only option for those interested in arguing a point,” he noted.

Policy debate is a fast-paced style of debate, where participants have a prepared topic for an entire season, and continually research their topic.