He also briefly taught literature at the post-secondary level. He received his MA from Auburn University; he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma where he worked as a program development coordinator in the athletics department and as a program assistant for the Writing Center. His work on the intersection of athletics and academia has appeared in, Composition Forum, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, and Grassroots Writing Research Journal. These articles culminated in a book-length study of student-athlete literacy, The Literate Practices of Big-Time College Sports, which is currently under contract with Utah State University Press.