Adrian was born in Hereford, Texas, but his family quickly moved to Amarillo a year later. Adrian attended the Southwest Church before graduating and moving to Searcy, Arkansas to attend Harding University. Adrian graduated from Harding University in May 2006 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he lived and worked in for a year before deciding to make a career change. In October 2007, he moved back to Amarillo to begin work in his passion, youth ministry. It was soon after that move that Adrian met the woman of his dreams, Kinsey Smith, who he quickly fell in love with and married in December 2008. Adrian is passionate about exploring, living and calling students to this "life to the full," that Jesus talks about in John 10:10.