I graduated from Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina, with a degree in Physical Education and I also played on the baseball team. I received my Elementary Education Certification from USCS and I received my Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Nova Southeastern University.
I am a highly qualified teacher in my 26th year of teaching and my 15th year of teaching PE at Duncan Chapel Elementary. I taught my first six years in Spartanburg County District Five and the last 19 years in Greenville. I had taught 4th and 5th grades in the classroom for 11 years before moving to Physical Education.
I am married to my beautiful wife Stephanie, who is a fourth grade teacher in Spartanburg District Five, and we have two boys, Brett who is 17 years old and Brooks who is 11 years old.