1981 Graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Broadcast Journalism
West Florence High School
He participated in three sports ‐ Basketball, Football and Track &
Field
Voted Defensive Football Player of the Week by the Florence Morning News as a Junior
Voted Offensive Football Player of the Week by Florence Morning News as a Senior
Was voted Team MVP as a Junior & Senior
Was named to All City Team as a Senior in Football
Set school records in the half mile, mile and two mile run
Undefeated in the Mile as a Junior and Senior
Francis Marion University
Was All District in Track & Cross Country as Freshman and Sophomore
Served as the Public Address announcer at High School and FMU games
Career
While working at WLTX‐TV in 1980, he produced highlight packages for
Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers
In 1985, he became the Anchor/News reporter for WPDE News ‐ Myrtle
Beach Bureau while doing play by play for the WFHS State Championship Game and
all Florence area schools
In 1989 he called the high school football games after Hurricane Hugo while most
people listened by transistor radio
He created the video production company, Backstreets Sports, that
developed local sports productions & served as the voice of the Atlantic
Broadcasting Sports Network in Florence
He was a local sports host for the Breakfast Flakes Morning Show, Kinard and
Koffee Morning Show, Schuster on Sports on WJMX AM 970 Radio and hosted
the Pre‐Race & Post Race coverage at Darlington Raceway for NASCAR
Races
In 1989,, he was awarded three Addy Awards for Commercial Production Spots for
the Pee Dee Sportsmen Shop
From 1991 ‐ present he has produced numerous documentaries for Clemson
University
In 1995, he was awarded the South Carolina Broadcasting Association
(SCBA) Sports Reporting of the Year for Darlington Raceway Coverage
and in 2011 narrated and Co‐produced “The Lady in Black”
Documentary on the Darlington Raceway ‐ SCETV
1995 ‐ present he has run Free Lance Camera work for all ESPN
Networks,
ABC, NBC, Fox, MSN, Comcast, Sun Sports,
Raycom, CSS & Fox Sports South Networks
2000 ‐ present he is the Host Producer for “Your Day” Radio
on SCETV
2003 ‐ present he is a Co‐Host for the Press Box Radio Sports
Show
In 2007 he was the Host for “At Home Southern Style” TV Show on SCETV