Cortney R. Edwards (1961-) was born in Los Angeles, California to parents who grew up in great southern Texas. Cortney grew up a military kid as he, his siblings and lovely Mother traveled to multiple states during his Father's 20 plus years as an Army veteran drill sergeant. Cortney also is a multi-sports athletic coach of 25 plus years and was voted YMCA basketball coach of the year in 1998. Cortney is also a safety security educator of 15 plus years in Alaska.