[2] Childress came off the bench as a freshman but became a key player as a sophomore, leading his team to the Frank Spencer Holiday Classic title.

[3] For his junior season, he transferred to Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina, where he played alongside Harry Giles, one of the top recruits in the nation.

[5] He chose to play college basketball for Wake Forest over offers from Charlotte, East Carolina and Tulsa among others.

[12] On February 25, 2020, Childress hit the game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation and scored 13 of his 17 points during two overtimes in a 113–101 upset of Duke, Wake Forest's first win against the Blue Devils in almost six years.

In February 2021 he signed with AVIS UTILITAS Rapla in Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and helped the team to win bronze in Estonian Championship.

[19] His father, Randolph Childress, was a standout basketball player at Wake Forest and competed professionally for 16 years, with stints in the NBA.