Mike Sims was born in Baylor Hospital in Texas. At a young age him and his family moved to Virginia where they grew up through half of high school. His Mother was born in Russia and lived there until his early twenties where she moved to America. Growing up, Micheal had two brothers one younger and one older. They were all football players who had dreams of playing college football. After being recruited by some schools in high school, he and his older brother Alex ended up here at SUU where they are on scholarship. Mike also makes music and looks to potentially make that a career after college.