Matt Zeigler worked eight years as a photojournalist and sportswriter in the newspaper industry before embarking on an author’s path. In addition to extensive coverage of youth and high school sports he traveled extensively throughout the Southeast covering the greatest athletes of American sports. Zeigler, a 1993 graduate of Troy University, has also published Wild Alabama; Wild Alabama: Winter Haven; Sports Shooter: A Photographer’s Story; and 1990s NBA Flashback.