Executive Director

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Steve Meadows serves as the KHSSL Executive Director and runs the day-to-day operations of the Kentucky High School Speech League. In addition to carrying out the mandates of the elected Board of Directors and assisting all member schools and coaches, he serves as the director of the three state tournaments and oversees the Regional Tournaments in coordination with the Regional Managers. 

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Before taking on this role, Meadows coached Kentucky high school speech and debate teams for 28 years -- three years at Beechwood High and the last twenty-five at Danville High School. His teams at Danville won nine state speech titles and a state debate title over the years, and he coached fifty-seven KHSSL State Champions. Meadows coached nineteen entries to NSDA or CFL National final rounds over the years including two CFL National Champions.

Mr. Meadows is the founder of SPEAK and a member of the National Speech and Debate Association’s Hall of Fame (2019) and Kentucky High School Speech League’s Hall of Fame (2011). He was the National Communication Association’s K-12 National Teacher of the Year, the NSDA’s first Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and was awarded the Ralph E. Carey Award for Distinguished Career Service by the NSDA. He remains active with the NSDA as a member of the Kentucky District Committee and as the Co-Chair for Speech Tabulations at the NSDA National Tournament each year. He is a member of the KCFL Board of Directors and the Special Assistant to the Directors in KESDA tabulations each year.