T.C. Long was born and raised in a small west Texas oil field town. Andrews, Texas was very rich in oil and ranchland. With a father who was both a calf roper and a team roper, the sport of rodeo was always part of T.C.'s youth. As a matter of fact, T.C. began participating in rodeos at the age of 5. He attended rodeos throughout Texas and New Mexico.

T.C. discovered his true calling at the age of 14 when he was asked by family friend to announce the activities during a small, local play day. He picked up the microphone and went to learning the behind the scences work that's necessary to produce small events.

He began to expand his repertoire to include Junior Rodeos in the states of Texas and New Mexico. It didn't take long before rodeo producers discovered his talents. In 2001, fresh out of high school, a stock contractor that T.C. had worked with during several Junior Rodeos took a chance and asked T.C. to announce the largest open rodeo produced by his company. That's all it took to introduce T.C.'s voice to the world of rodeo.

New contracts began to flow in. The Professional Senior Bull Riders invited him to be their announcer for their finals event in Fort Worth, Texas.

Still, T.C. was only a part-time announcer. His dream was to find a job that would allow him to make a living with his avocation. Well folks, dreams do come true! In December 2002, he was approached by Booger Barter Productions, the nations 2nd largest team roping production company, to become a full-time employee and announce all of their team roping competitions.
After four months of working on the road for the company, T.C. packed his bags and moved to their headquarter town - Athens, Texas. In 2005 T.C. switched jobs and went to work for World Barrel Racing Productions and is now the Operations Manager. Also to add to the carrier T.C. was accepted into the PRCA as a Pro Rodeo Announcer in October 2005 at the young age of 22. T.C. has also been featured in several TV shows on RFD-TV.