[10] Everett started out in broadcasting at KCST-FM in Florence on the central Oregon Coast, west of Eugene.

[10] While still working full-time at HPU, Everett was hired at local ABC affiliate KITV, first as a news writer, then assignment editor, and finally as a sports anchor.

[13] In March 2009, he relocated to California to anchor the late-night Los Angeles edition of SportsCenter, which debuted on April 6, 2009.

[14] While he was a student at Oregon in 1983, Everett's mother Jackie, a high school teacher, died from cancer at age 45.

[4][10] Everett's stepfather, Dave Robertson, was a longtime high school basketball coach at Shadle Park and won the state title in 1981,[16] led on the court by Mark Rypien.