Raised in Aliquippa, PA, Mike earned multiple letters at Aliquippa High School in basketball and football, helping as a senior in 1987 lead his basketball team to a WPIAL Championship and quarterbacking his football team to a 7-2 record.

Mike earned a full football scholarship to Catawba College in Salisbury, NC, where he graduated in 1991 with degrees in sociology and political science. Mike quarterbacked the Catawba Indians in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1991, finishing second all-time at the school with 6,923 passing yards and 7,678 total yards. In 1987, Mike was South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Freshman of the Year, and in 1988, Mike made second-team All-SAC, with his team winning the SAC Championship and qualifying for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs. In 1993, Mike played professionally for the Hamburg Silver Eagles of the Germany International League, and, in 2005, Mike was inducted into the Catawba College Hall of Fame.

Mike graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in 1994. He spent 25 years in the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Drug Law Enforcement, serving 18 years as a Drug Enforcement Administration Federally Deputized Task Force Officer. Mike earned numerous awards, including BDLE Trooper of the Year, LEAD Awards, and the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office Exemplary Service Award. In 2018, Mike retired from the Pennsylvania State Police, and, in 2019, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady appointed Mike as the Law Enforcement Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Mike stepped down from his position with the Department of Justice, to become a Regulatory Affairs Manager with McKesson Pharmaceuticals.

In 2018, Mike became the first African American head football coach for his alma mater, the Aliquippa Quips. Mike became only the third coach in WPIAL history to win both a WPIAL and PIAA Championship in his first year. In 2022, Mike led the Quips to their third Pennsylvania WPIAL/District 7 Championship. In just five years under Mike's leadership, the Quips have a combined record of 60-6, with five consecutive WPIAL Championship appearances, winning three WPIAL Championships (2018, 2021, 2022) and two PIAA State Championships (2018, 2021). In 2019, Mike was named Pennsylvania Football Writers 2018 Class AAA Coach of the Year, in 2021, Mike was named PA Football Writers Class 4A Coach of the Year and PAFootballNews.com Coaches Class 4A Coach of the Year, and, in 2021 and 2022, Mike was named Beaver County Times Coach of the Year.

Mike has been married to Victoria Warfield for 24 years, and they have three children: Deja', Jocelyn, and Isiah. Mike lives in Center, works for McKesson Pharmaceuticals, and coaches the Quips.