Never asked him before but pretty sure he’s in Knoxville area. Has been doing games since I can remember. “Retired” or took a break a couple years ago and couldn’t stay away and came right back. He’s the only umpire who typically uses the radio if it’s a crazy substitution to let us know vs us trying to figure it out. Always calls us “Bandit” and he’s “Smokey” lol.

Back to your original question, lol. It’s probably whatever the coordinator of officials in a conference is willing to pay, etc. When I’ve seen him on tv, it’s always east coast games. ACC and SEC, bet he does some Big South games as well.