He is the former sports editor of The Sakhalin Times, one of Far Eastern Russia’s only English-language newspapers. While pursuing his bachelor’s degree in mass communication at LSU, he served as Sports Director of the campus television station, Tiger TV. He was also a member of the Tiger Stadium video scoreboard crew awarded a game ball by then coach Nick Saban for its replay efforts on a key play against Alabama in 2000. He currently resides in Baton Rouge with his wife and two sons.