Bing Bigngham has been an active member of the Ohio Quiz Bowl scene for over 10 years and is invested in the future of Ohio's high school quizbowl circuit. Bing was a founder of the Wright State Quiz Bowl team, coached Northmont Middle School Academic Challenge, and wrote for OAC for many years. 

Pete Bergman has taught English at Solon High School since 1999, and currently teaches 10th Grade Honors and 10th Grade College Prep.  He received a B.A. in English 7-12 from Ithaca College and an MST in English from Binghamton University.  Pete became Solon AC's coach in 2014 and is looking forward to continuing the school's strong tradition after a successful season with a 2nd place NAQT State finish as well as strong showings at both HSNCT and NSC. Pete was originally a music major in college and still occasionally finds time to play the drums, or maybe acoustic guitar depending on time of day.

Bob Kilner received his Bachelors degree in Secondary Education from Kent State in 2006 and his Masters in Educational Technology from Boise State in 2011. After one year as a sub and math tutor in the Garfield Heights City Schools, he was hired to teach chemistry at Eastlake North HS in Lake County in 2007.  As the coach at Garfield Heights HS from 2001-08, his teams won 776 matches, 2 OAC state championships (2007, 2008) and 2 NAQT state championships (2006 and 2008). Since 2008, Bob has stayed active in the quiz bowl community by continuing to run the Ohio quiz bowl forum (www.ohioqbforum.net), writing questions for various leagues and tournaments around Ohio, and reading and running tournaments mostly in northeast Ohio. Bob also writes and directs the sixty-four-team TRASH, pop-culture tournament each December in northeast Ohio. Bob also coaches school and summer baseball and middle school football each year. He is very open to giving advice and helping both new and experienced coaches around the state, but especially in northeast Ohio.  Feel free to contact him if you have questions or need any advice on coaching or running tournaments.

Joshua Eck earned his B.S. degree in Life Sciences-Secondary Education from Ohio Dominican University and his M.Ed from Western Governors University. Joshua currently teaches human anatomy and honors biology at Copley High School where he is the head coach. He also serves as the webmaster and social media manager.

Cameron Flint is a social studies teacher at Cloverleaf High School and has been the Academic Challenge team coach since 2003. Since 2003 the Cloverleaf team has won six league titles and qualified for the Ohio Academic Competition Regional tournament seven times. Cameron has been a member of the Ohio Academic Competition Executive Committee since 2006 and is the director of the OAC Northeast Regional Tournament as well as the annual Cloverleaf Invitational tournament. Cameron earned his Bachelor’s degree in History from The College of Wooster and a Master’s Degree in History from the University of Akron. He has a particular interest in trans-Atlantic history and has published a book entitled To Secure to Themselves and Their Countrymen an Agreeable and Happy Retreat: The Continuity of Scottish Highland Mercenary Traditions and North American Outmigration. Cameron has been actively involved with quiz bowl throughout high school and college and continues to promote competitive academics in his professional career.

Lisa Heslop earned both her B.A. degree in Spanish and M.Ed from Wright State University. Lisa has been coaching the varsity and middle school quiz bowl teams at Bryan for the past four years, where her team has won 3 league titles in the WCAL. Before coming to Bryan, Lisa coached varsity quiz bowl at Edon for 2 years, and was a moderator for 5 years. In her spare time, she loves to travel, play board games and video games.

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Coach and teacher at Fisher Catholic High School in Lancaster.

Lynn obtained her B.S. from Miami University and has been teaching History and English at Fisher Catholic High School since 1981, where she also coaches. Lynn taught inside the Fairfield County Jail for two years, and she loves to travel. Lynn and Mike Sedlack are also the tournament directors for the SE Regional. 

Ron Maupin earned his B.S. in Secondary Education from Miami University in 1998 and his Masters in Education Administration from the University of Dayton in 2005. He has been a social studies teacher at Little Miami High School since 2000. He has served as the head coach of the Little Miami High School academic team since 2010.  As head coach, his teams have won six Southwest Ohio Conference (SWOC) titles (2013-2015, 2017-2019) and three Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC) titles (2021-2023).  He has been named SWOC Coach of the Year four times (2013-2015, 2019) and ECC Coach of the Year twice (2021 & 2022). His teams have also won five OAC Southwest Regional championships (2017-2019, 2021 & 2023).  Prior to being head coach, he served as the Little Miami assistant coach from 2001-2009. He also hosts the annual Little Miami Academic Challenge.

Brian obtained his B.S. from the University of Missouri and his M. Ed from the University of Cincinnati. He is currently a math teacher at Walnut Hills High School and formerly taught at Lakota West High School where he coached their academic team since 2006. He also is the tournament director for the SW Regional.

David Jones obtained his BS and MPA from Wright State University and his AYA Licensure from the University of Dayton. An adjunct professor and researcher at Wright State University from 2003-2011, David has been coaching Northmont High School's Academic Team since 2005 and is currently a Social Studies teacher at Northmont High School. As coach, his teams have won 10 state titles (4 NAQT, 3 OAC, 3 Brain Game) and 2 History Bowl National Championships. David runs the Rowdy Raider Invitational and Northmont OAC Tournaments each year. 

Tommy Segi attended Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School, graduating in 2000.  At CJ, he was on the quiz bowl team and the varsity baseball team.  Tommy received my B.A. in History from Ohio University in 2005.  At OU, he was an active member of the "college bowl" academic team and also the president of the club baseball team.  In 2007, he earned my Master's Degree in Recreation Administration from Georgia Southern University.  He is currently a leadership trainer for Chick-fil-A and an OHSAA certified basketball referee.  Since 2012, he has been a volunteer moderator and scorekeeper at NAQT national championships and coach of Springboro since 2022.  Tommy is passionate about quiz bowl and providing a quality experience to students at every tournament.  In his spare time, he likes to travel, play golf, and bowl. 

Tyler Benedict is a middle school English teacher at The Miami Valley School in Dayton. He holds a dual BA in English and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University. Tyler is a graduate of MVS and played quiz bowl there from 2005-2009. In 2014-15, Tyler founded the MVS middle school quiz bowl program, which has since experienced success in both state and national competitions. He currently coaches the MVS middle and high school teams, and he has served as the Ohio NASAT coordinator since 2017.

Simon Zimmerman is currently in his second year at the Ohio State University, where he is studying Political Science and History on a pre-law track. He also serves as the Vice President of the Ohio State University Academic Team, one of the most active collegiate quizbowl teams. In this capacity, he aids in planning and logistics for the team, as well as doing work in high school outreach. Before Ohio State, Simon attended Olentangy Berlin High School, where he played quizbowl for three years, and he currently serves as a mentor to their team. 

Brett Bickel is in his 16th year at Sidney High School and has been involved with quiz bowl as a player, coach, and assistant coach since high school at his alma mater. The Yellow Jackets have won 10 straight Shelby County league titles, 2015 and 2016 OAC State runner up finishes, and are 140-13 in GWOC matches since 2010. 

Sue Korosa, a proud University of Akron alumna, retired from teaching English and history at Copley HS in 2003, but has continued coaching the Copley teams. Sue has hosted the Copley Invitational Tournament (OAC format) each February since 1992 as well as the Cory Salem Memorial Tournament (modified NAC format) since 2000.  A member of the OAC Committee since 1995, Sue also wrote questions  for many years and is committed to encouraging more teams to become involved in quiz bowl, especially at the middle school level. In her free time, Sue enjoys hot air ballooning. Sue also serves as OAC treasurer. 

Joshua Queen played quiz bowl for all 4 years at Southeastern High School in Ross County where he was the leading scorer for 2 years.  He graduated in 1999 and then attended the Ohio State University where he graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences.  He earned a Masters from Shawnee State in Curriculum and Instruction.  He has taught Physical Science and Physics at Chillicothe High School from 2006-2023 where he also coached quiz bowl.  He has helped run many tournaments around southern and central Ohio and is always looking for more chances to spread opportunities in quiz bowl to those areas.

Missy Hardy earned her B.A. from Miami University and her M.S. from Northwestern University in 1995.  After teaching math for twenty-six years in Illinois and in Ohio, Missy left teaching to become the Director of Family Ministry at Madeira-Silverwood Presbyterian Church in 2021.  Missy coached the Academic Quiz Team at Clermont Northeastern High School from 2008 through 2021, leading her team to many league championships and a top ten finish at the Small School National Championship Tournament before the pandemic.  Despite leaving the teaching profession, Missy has continued coaching, now in her second year with the Indian Hill High School Quiz Team.  In her free time, Missy enjoys exercising, re-learning to play the trumpet, and watching her son play baseball.

Tom has been involved on the statewide quiz bowl scene since 2014 as an eight-time moderator at the State tournament, a fall tournament director, a question writer for various leagues statewide and a year as a volunteer assistant coach at Olentangy Liberty. An alum of a Small School program, as a player he was a back-to-back First Team All-Ohio selection in Bob Kilner’s “OAC Report” publication for 2013 and 2014. A Columbus resident, Tom holds a dual-BA in Pre-Public Administration and Sociology & Anthropology from Ohio Wesleyan. His free time outside of quizbowl includes color commentary for football, basketball and baseball radio broadcasts within the Mid-State League and Ohio Capital Conference, and the grieving process that come with Pittsburgh Pirates fandom. Tom sees academic extracurriculars (like quizbowl) as capable of reaching the same interscholastic prominence statewide that athletics carries — with a belief that many of the frameworks that underpin successful working relationships in the athletics realm can be drawn upon to foster the involvement of more schools in Ohio quizbowl. He is eager to rebuild the circuit of activity in metro Columbus, and more than willing to take questions via his email contained within the “Contact Here” hyperlink above this paragraph. 

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