Author: Loyd McIntosh

Loyd McIntosh is a former news reporter and sports writer for several newspapers throughout the Southeast and has worked as a freelance writer for more than two dozen magazines, newspapers, and websites. In addition to his work wit Upper90 Magazine, Loyd currently writes for Tailgater Magazine, Birmingham Magazine, B-Metro, and Good Grit, and is also the Communications Director for the YMCA of Greater Birmingham. He is also a former soccer player and coach, having played for UAB (1990-1992) and the University of Montebello (1993), and has coaching experience coaching soccer camps at UAB, University of Southern Mississippi, and the YMCA of Greater Birmingham, and with the Alabama Olympic Development Program (ODP), and the Hoover youth soccer program. He currently lives in Pell City, Alabama, with his wife Elizabeth, and daughters Emily Grace (13), and Lily (11).