Born and raised in Idaho Falls; attended North Idaho College and Idaho State University on a basketball scholarship; owns and operates Coach E’s Camps and Clinics; runs a highly successful travel basketball program with many young men going on to play collegiately; conducts leadership forums; motivational speaker, included EFY (Especially for Youth) through BYU, YES (Youth Education through Sports) clinics at the NCAA Final Four, as well as many other events; spent 15 years as a NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach at UC Santa Barbara, Brigham Young University (Provo), Washington State University, and Cal State Fullerton as the head coach; served as president of the Bonneville County Republican Women; elected to the Idaho Falls City Council 2013; named Idaho’s GOP Legislator of the Year, 2021; named National Legislator of the Year by Alliance Defending Freedom, 2021.