Personal
Parents are Marsel (soil conservation service) and Joylene Tingey ... both are BYU graduates ... served two years on a LDS mission to Montreal, Canada ... wife's name is Jean ... political science major.
Before BYU
High School - All-State in both football and basketball at Sky View High in Logan ... voted MVP all-around athlete ... coached by Earl Lindley (former grid assistant at BYU) ... won eight letters before graduating in 1973.