<P> He attended Mount Tabor High School for 9th and 10th grade and then completed his last two years at Richard J. Reynolds High School in Winston - Salem, graduating in 1983 . In high school, he was a captain of his football team, ran track, served as Vice President of the Student Council, and was the Sergeant at Arms of the school's Key Club . Scott was inducted into the Richard J. Reynolds High School Hall of Fame during a ceremony on February 6, 2015, which took place during the Reynolds / Mt . Tabor (the two high schools that Scott attended) basketball game . </P> <P> He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and was part of the on - air talent at WXYC . While at UNC, Scott also played wide receiver and defensive back on the football team . In 1987, Scott graduated from the UNC with a B.A. in speech communication . In 2001, Scott gave the commencement address at UNC where he implored graduates to celebrate diversity and recognize the power of communication . </P> <P> Following graduation, Scott worked as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor at WPDE - TV in Florence, South Carolina from 1987 until 1988 . Scott came up with the phrase "as cool as the other side of the pillow" while working his first job at WPDE . After this, Scott worked as a news reporter at WRAL - TV 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1988 until 1990 . WRAL Sports anchor Jeff Gravley recalled there was a "natural bond" between Scott and the sports department . Gravley described his style as creative, gregarious and adding so much energy to the newsroom . Even after leaving, Scott still visited his former colleagues at WRAL and treated them like family . </P> <P> From 1990 until 1993, Scott worked at WESH, an NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida as a sports reporter and sports anchor . While at WESH, he met ESPN producer Gus Ramsey, who was beginning his own career . Ramsey said of Scott: "You knew the second he walked in the door that it was a pit stop, and that he was gonna be this big star somewhere someday . He went out and did a piece on the rodeo, and he nailed it just like he would nail the NBA Finals for ESPN ." He earned first place honors from the Central Florida Press Club for a feature on rodeo . </P>

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