Complex sentence: After graduating from Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, Lanier attended Texas Tech University for two years, finishing his bachelor's degree at David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, in Biblical Languages with a minor in Economics in 1981.
Split into simpler sentences: After graduating from Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, Lanier attended Texas Tech University for two years. He received a B.A. in Biblical Languages with a minor in Economics in 1981.