Dave Pasch (born August 11, 1972) is an American ESPN announcer, covering the NBA, college football, and college basketball. He is also the radio play-by-play voice of the
Arizona Cardinals
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.
Personal life
Pasch grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, to parents Robert and Ina. Pasch grew up in a Reform Jewish home. Upon meeting his wife Hallie in 1994, he decided to explore, and ultimately convert to, Christianity.
Pasch is also a believer of
creationism
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and has stated on ESPN broadcast that he does not believe in evolution.
Pasch graduated from
Madison Memorial High School in 1990. He then attended
Syracuse University
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's
S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and was selected to do on-air work for
WAER radio. He graduated in 1994.
Broadcasting career
Pasch has worked for ESPN television since 2003, calling primarily the NBA, college football and college basketball. Pasch has also been the play-by-play announcer of the Arizona Cardinals since 2002. Pasch was the voice of Syracuse Orange college football and basketball from 1999 to 2002.
[http://www.azcardinals.com/videos-photos/weekly-programming.html Dave Pasch Bio on Arizona Cardinals official website] Pasch also did preseason TV for the Buffalo Bills in 2001, as well as NFL Europe for FOX. He also called select NFL games for FOX and Westwood One radio.
Pasch started calling college football in 2004, working with Rod Gilmore and Trevor Matich on Friday Night Football. In 2007, he moved to Saturday afternoons, working with Andre Ware. In 2009, he began working with Chris Spielman and Bob Griese. In 2011, he called games with Spielman and Urban Meyer, before Meyer took the Ohio State coaching job.
Pasch started calling NBA games for ESPN in 2006, working with Tom Tolbert and
Bill Walton. Pasch would later pair with Walton on college basketball for ESPN's Pac-12 coverage, starting in 2013. Pasch has worked with a variety of analysts on NBA and college basketball, including
Jeff Van Gundy,
Mark Jackson,
Hubie Brown
Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Bas ...
,
Doug Collins,
Jon Barry,
PJ Carlesimo,
Jay Bilas,
Dick Vitale
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,
Bill Raftery, and
Doris Burke. Pasch also has worked the NCAA women's basketball tournament,
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
, the
WNBA, the great outdoor games, and arena football for ESPN.
Before working with ESPN, Pasch worked for the West Virginia Radio Corporation for high school football;
CBS Radio/Westwood One for golf, NFL, and college basketball tournaments;
Fox Sports
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for
NFL Europe
NFL Europe League (simply called NFL Europe and known in its final season as NFL Europa) was a professional American football league that functioned as the List of developmental and minor sports leagues, developmental minor league of the Nati ...
and NFL; the
Detroit Vipers; and the
Chicago Blackhawks
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.
References
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1972 births
Living people
American people of Jewish descent
American radio sports announcers
American television sports announcers
Arena football announcers
Arizona Cardinals announcers
College basketball announcers in the United States
College football announcers
Converts to Christianity from Judaism
ESPN people
NBA broadcasters
NFL announcers
Syracuse Orange men's basketball announcers
Syracuse Orange football announcers
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni
National Hockey League broadcasters
Baseball announcers
Major League Baseball broadcasters
American golf commentators
Women's National Basketball Association announcers
Women's college basketball announcers in the United States
NFL Europe broadcasters
High school football announcers in the United States