Dan Bonner is an analyst and

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covering

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men's

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. He previously played basketball at the

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and coached the UVA women's team for two seasons. He also coached girls' basketball and

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at Robert E. Lee High School in

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Playing career

Dan Bonner, a

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native, played at Avonworth High School. He attended the

and played

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from 1971 to 1975. In 1975 he was named

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and was named to the Academic All-

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team.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Dan Bonner was an

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under Barbara Kelly at the University of Virginia for the first two seasons of women's basketball ever played. He succeeded her as

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in 1975 leading the women's team to a 32–20 (.615) record over two seasons at the helm. Bonner was head coach for the West Point High School men's basketball team in West Point, Virginia for one season in the 1970s. He was the assistant athletic director and assistant girls' soccer coach for Robert E. Lee High School (2004–2007), having previously coached the girls' basketball team from 1999 to 2003. He was named the Virginia Group AA Coach of the Year for the 2002–03 season.

Television career

He serves as an analyst for regular-season college basketball games for

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(1987–2001 and 2019-present), and the

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. He has previously called games for

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and

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. Bonner began calling ACC games for Jefferson Pilot Sports in 1983 while a manager at a

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office in

. Beginning in 1986, Bonner covered games for

Productions' broadcasts of the NCAA Tournament. Starting with the 1991 NCAA Tournament, Bonner began calling tournament games for CBS. Bonner has worked alongside many partners for the NCAA tournament, but his most frequent pairing has been with Kevin Harlan from 2004 to 2012 and again from 2015-present. He is quoted as saying, "The Monday after Selection Sunday, I'm scrambling to learn all the teams that I'll have to do later in the week. And then I'm out on the road." His other broadcasting work includes play-by-play for baseball's Carolina League, women's college basketball, soccer play-by-play and an announcer for The ACC Regional Sports Networks coverage of ACC Baseball.

Personal

Dan is married to the former Terry Israel, who was the team captain and

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of the 1975–76 Lady Cavaliers team. The Bonners have three children: Coleman, Keary and Sarah.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonner, Dan Living people American television sports announcers Minor League Baseball broadcasters Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania Basketball players from Pittsburgh College basketball announcers in the United States High school basketball coaches in Virginia Sportspeople from Staunton, Virginia Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball players Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball coaches Women's college basketball announcers in the United States American women's basketball coaches American men's basketball players 1953 births 20th-century American sportsmen