James Pryor grew up in Irmo, SC, and played football at Dutch fork High School. He attended Southern Virginia University on a football scholarship and transferred to Seattle Pacific University where he finished college. Pryor played semi-professional football for eight years before going into coaching. He has been the defensive backs coach at Ballard High and also at Ontario Christian High. He moved to Charleston in 2020 and holds a Doctorate of Chiropractic from Western State University. He has a practice in Mt. Pleasant. This is Pryor's first year at OCA.