David Tracy was born and raised in Denver. He was a Division I athlete at Colorado State University where he graduated in 1977. Upon graduation, he began his career in the publishing industry. He worked for the Denver Catholic Register, The Rocky Mountain News, Boulder Daily Camera, and The Denver Post. He retired early in 2006 before he started his own media company, fueled by his US Patent on a media indicia delivery system. His company and patent was sold in 2014 before his final, official retirement. During COVID isolation, David began work on his first book which was published in November of 2021.