Originally from Bloomfield, Michigan, Mack started palying in local tennis tournaments and natioal squash tournaments. He graduated from Havard in 1985 where he played varsity squash, which won the national championship three of the four years he was a player. After college he taught squash and tennis part time in Mt. Kisco, NY, for two years. He went to Columbia University for a Ph.D. and came to CUA in 1997 to teach in the English department specializing in Shakespeare.
