Thomas McMillan had a fun college experience playing tennis, acting in plays, and hosting a TV show. He joined the Theta Chi fraternity and spent summers working with kids. He met and later married Kristen in 2002, the same year he graduated with a BA in Communications. After various jobs with increasing responsibility, he attended business school at Texas A&M while working in athletic marketing. During this time, he and Kristen had a daughter named Mary Grace.