Spencer Paysinger grew up in South Los Angeles, and attended Beverly Hills High School.
[3] His father, Donald Paysinger, worked with BHHS as an assistant or head coach for nearly 32 years until 2013.
[4] After not getting selected in the 2011 NFL draft, Paysinger signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent.
[8] Paysingers's life and career served as inspiration for the 2018 The CW series All American where he is a consulting producer and has a minor role as assistant football coach at Beverly Hills High.
I know it’s a CW drama, but for the bones of it to center on football, that is something that I take pride in.”[10] At the beginning of each episode it states that the show was inspired by true events and hence Paysinger's life but the show takes creative control and while the main story is based on Paysinger's life the actual details are tweaked.