Dr. Wineland was born and raised in Grimes, Iowa, where he attended Dallas Center-Grimes High School. He spent most of his time playing sports, specifically basketball, soccer, and football, before graduating in 2009 as a salutatorian. After high school, Dr. Wineland went on to play soccer and study biology at Morningside College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 2013. Dr. Wineland then attended dental school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, NE, where he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2018.