Schiller grew up in Colorado Springs where his father worked at the United States Air Force Academy.

[3] Schiller's father was a sports executive who held positions as chair of the United States Olympic Committee, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, governor of the Atlanta Thrashers and an executive with several other properties owned by Ted Turner including TBS, TNT, the Goodwill Games and World Championship Wrestling.

[4] Schiller was the director of marketing for the International Sports Plaza in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Terry McGuirk, the Braves president at the time, hired Schiller to address the attendance woes the club was facing despite having a winning team.

[6] Schiller married Kristin Lyn Lysaker on September 2, 1995 at a Presbyterian church in State College, Pennsylvania.