American blogger, podcaster, and interviewer for the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports, Caleb Pressley’s father was a race car driver.
Fans of Barstool Sports were surprised by Pressley’s recent announcement to part ways with the company.
Highlights
- Caleb Pressley announced that he is leaving Barstool Sports to start his own production house called Bill Joe Productions.
- Pressley was born to his father Bill Joe Pressley and his mother Heather Lee Pressley.
- His father passed away in 1994 in a car accident.
Through social media, Caleb announced that he was leaving Barstool Sports to start his production house.
He explained that sometimes, one needs to “take some risks” and move out to do one’s “own thing.”
Pressley further expressed his gratitude to Barstool, which hired him in college, but his contract is now over.
He will now go independent and start his own production house, Bill Joe Productions. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Calbe wants to create content that is not controlled by a single platform.
Caleb has also retained the rights to the Sundae Conversation, which will now be streaming under the firm. His Sundae Conversation co-hist, Glenn Ball, will join him, who has also exited Barstool.
The two will produce the show and drop 20 episodes this year. Ball opened up on this new opportunity in a farewell post for Barstool on his Instagram. He stated,
”The opportunity that has come about with Mr. Pressley to be Employee No. 1 at Bill Joe Productions while continuing Sundaes & more is one I simply couldn’t pass up.”
Glenn Ball
Caleb Pressley’s Mother Raised Him After His Father Passed Away In A Car Accident
Blogger and podcaster Caleb Pressley, 32, was born on November 13, 1992, in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, to his father, Bill Joe Pressley, and his mother, Heather Lee Pressley.
His father, Bill was a famous race car driver born on March 27, 1951, in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
He was the brother of Robert Pressley, 65, an American former NASCAR driver who previously served as the promoter at Kingsport Speedway.
Robert currently owns the restaurant Celebrity’s Hotdogs in Asheville, North Carolina.
He raced on weekends in the NASCAR Winston Racing Series. Moreover, in the early 1980s, he worked as pastor of the Candler House of Prayer.
Additionally, he briefly served as the media liaison officer for the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department from 1988 to 1989.
Sadly, he died on Saturday, September 24, 1994, at 43, in a car accident. At the time, Caleb was just two years old.
Pressley, the pastor of the Storehouse Christian Center on Sweeten Creek Road, lost control of car No. 51 in lap 23 of the second of three races and was pronounced dead at Memorial Misson Hospital.
An ambulance attendant said Pressley might have ruptured an aorta before the wreck.
Moreover, a paramedic who treated Pressley at the scenes said Pressley was having difficulty breathing.
Preliminary autopsy results indicated Pressley, administer and late model stock car driver, had severe coronary disease, Dr. Sweden of Memorial Misson Hospital said.
After Bill’s tragic passing, Heather cared for Caleb as a single mother and motivated him to play football for the Ex-North Carolina Tar Heels football team as a quarterback.
His mother, Heather Lee, lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and completed her graduation from Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids, MN.
As per Heather’s Facebook handle, she is involved in fundraising events. On February 25, 2018, she donated to the Sweet Bear Rescue Farm.
Additional Information
- Caleb has an estimated net worth of around $5 million as of 2025.
- Pressley attended A.C. Reynolds High School in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina, where he played American football as a quarterback for four years.
- In college, he was given an assistant manager role with the football team, where he had the unofficial title “Supervisor of Morale,” where he was entrusted with signalling plays and improving the team’s morale.
