His family moved to his father's home town of El Dorado, Kansas when he was young, when his father became a partner in the family drug store business. He graduated from El Dorado High School in 1983.
When he was a youngster, his family relocated to El Dorado, Kansas, where his father became a partner in their family's retail pharmacy business. He completed his high school education at El Dorado High School in 1983.