Born in Ada, OK and raised in Littlefield, TX (just outside Lubbock). Jon played football in high school for the Littlefield Wildcats before having to stop due to injuries. Afterwards he attended South Plains College and took time off to work various jobs around the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma before going back to finish school at West Texas A&M in Canyon. After college he taught and coached before going back to get his Masters in Engineering Technology. He now works as an Environmental Engineer at Coserv in Corinth.

Jon’s career in sports journalism has included various stints assisting radio networks around the Texas Panhandle in football including Amarillo, Dimmitt, and Hereford. He also has dj-ed and done public address work for the Amarillo/Grand Prairie Airhogs baseball club and youth sports in Amarillo as well as volunteer coaching youth sports when time has allowed.