Bill Doleman (born 1966) is a free lance studio analyst.

Biography

Bill Doleman joined Comcast Sports Net Houston in 2012 after the

MountainWest Sports Network The MountainWest Sports Network, also known as The Mtn. (stylized as the mtn.), was an American college sports television channel. Launched on September 1, 2006, it was dedicated to the Mountain West Conference (MWC), including studio programs fo ...

ceased operations in May of that year. His primary assignment with CSN was to serve as the studio host for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He is also the primary host for the network's college football and golf shows and was one of the studio hosts for the Houston Astros. Doleman was one of the main anchors on Sports Net Central and also a play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports Group during the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Prior to moving to Houston, he called the play-by-play for football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball for the network and served as an anchor and host for The Mtn. He also called

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men's basketball games for

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and several conferences such as the

Big Ten The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1 ...

and

Mountain West The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on Janu ...

. He was also a broadcaster for the

Lincoln Saltdogs The Lincoln Saltdogs are a professional baseball team based in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the United States. The Saltdogs are in the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. Since the 2001 se ...

independent professional baseball team before moving to Denver and joining The Mtn. full-time. He was replaced in Lincoln by Drew Bontadelli, the current voice of the Saltdogs. Doleman also served as the director of broadcasting and communications for the team. Doleman began his career with Nebraska Public Television calling the play-by-play for numerous sports in the state and was the first host of Big Red WrapUp. He is a former Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year. Bill served as a sports director for Houston station KTBU-TV, 1999-2000, where he called games and hosted coaches shows for the University of Houston Cougars. He returned to Lincoln and began working for KFOR 1240 AM calling baseball and later for KLMS/ESPN 1480 where he was the Program Director and Announcer. He hosted "The Average Joe Sports Show" and a Christian-sports show "Goin' Deep with Ron Brown." He also worked as a host, anchor, and play-by-play for many sports including college football and basketball for numerous networks, including

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CBS College Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports ...

, and the

Big Ten Network Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of College athletics, collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doleman, Bill Living people 1966 births People from Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni American television sports announcers American television sports anchors Houston Astros announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers American golf commentators Volleyball commentators Olympic Games broadcasters People from Fairbury, Nebraska