- Graduated from T. L. Hanna High School in 1967
- Graduated from Clemson University in 1971 with a degree in Recreation & Parks
Administration
- Received his MAT in Health Education from the University of South Carolina in 1979
- Career
- Served as a student trainer at Clemson for football, track and basketball
- Was the FSD1 Football Athletic Trainer from 1971‐2017 for grades 8 ‐
12 (46 years)
- 1988 & 1999 named North/South football game trainer
- Trainer for the Shrine Bowl in 2001
- Coach for the West Florence High School Boys Tennis team from 1982‐2017 with
a record of 588‐108
- 3 time North/South All Star Tennis Coach in 1988, 1992 & 2007
- 5 time South Carolina State Tennis “Coach of the Year” in 1986,
1988, 1992, 2007 & 2017
- 2 time Region 3 Tennis “Coach of the Year” in 2007 & 2017
- Region 3 includes states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
& Tennessee
- National Tennis “Coach of the Year” in 2016‐2017
- Coached 5 individual High School All‐Americans
- Coached 7 individual State Champions
- Coached 8 Lower State Team Champions ‐ 1985, 1986, 1988,
1992, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009
- Coached 4 State Champion teams ‐ 1985, 1986, 2007 & 2008
- Coached 24 Region Tennis Team Titles
- First High School District Trainer in South Carolina
- Coached Girls Basketball and Track at Poynor High School in 1971‐1975
- In 1976 he coached the 9th Grade boys basketball team at McClenaghan High
School
- In 1971‐1982 he worked with the FCA at Poynor & McClenaghan High Schools
- From 1982‐2017 he worked with the FCA & Tennis Club at West Florence High
School
- Has worked 36 years with Special Olympics