Born in Tennessee and earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Memphis.
He was conferred a doctorate degree in higher education administration from the University of Mississippi.
He has been a sportscaster, and on the NCAA Presidents Commission, and chaired the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct in Intercollegiate Athletics.
Before coming to ECU in 2000, he was the president of Eastern Michigan University for 11 years.
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