Born in Brunswick Georgia, Zac moved to Greer, South Carolina in 1995 when he was six years old. He was raised in Greer and attended Greenville County Public Schools, graduating from Greer High School in 2007. From there, he moved to Columbia and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of South Carolina. While in Columbia, he met his wife Allie who was born and raised in Charlotte. The two graduated from USC in 2011. Zac lived in Charlotte after undergrad and completed law school in 2014. He began his career as a law clerk to a circuit court judge in Newberry, SC from 2014-15.