Joining the department prior to the 2023-24 athletic seasons, Child is a native of San Antonio, Texas and returns to Texas after serving with the Sports Information Department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. Child was the SID contact overseeing SIU’s men’s and women’s golf, track & field / cross country and swimming & diving NCAA Division I programs. Along with the team/program assignments, Child also served as the videoboard operator for basketball events inside Banterra Center.

Prior to his time at SIU, Child was at East Texas Baptist (Marshall, Texas), where he started out as a student-athlete with the Tigers football program. Recruited out of Medina Valley High School (Castroville, Texas), Child played quarterback and punter for the Tigers and was recognized with a pair of All-Conference (American Southwest Conference) honors and was a CSC Academic All-District selection. On Nov. 6, 2021, Child set the program single-game record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with three against Sul Ross. The Sports Management major assisted the ETBU Sports Information Department while attending ETBU and recently returned to assist ETBU host NCAA Division III baseball and softball regional tournaments and the NCAA Division III Softball National Championship.