Before his time at Lee, he spent nine and half years as a strength and conditioning coaching profession with stops at University of Southern Mississippi, Auburn University, Tulane University and The University of Alabama. His passions lie in teaching and mentoring students and leading undergraduates through the research process. His research currently involves investigating hydration and body composition changes in fireman and tracking recovery variables with the women's soccer team. He and his wife Kim, have been married for 21 years and have two middle school aged sons.