Curt Menefee

{{Infobox person

| name = Curt Menefee

| image = Curt Menefee 2022 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Menefee in 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|July 22, 1965}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| alma_mater = Coe College (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)

| occupation = Sportscaster

| known_for = Host of Fox NFL Sunday

}}

Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American broadcaster who hosts the Fox Network's NFL pregame show Fox NFL Sunday.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/shows-properties/show/fox-nfl-sunday|title=FOX NFL SUNDAY|website=Fox Sports PressPass|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/curt-menefee|title=Curt Menefee|website=Fox Sports PressPass|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-10}} He is also the co-anchor of Good Day New York on Fox's New York City flagship station, WNYW.

Early life and education

Menefee was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsbroadcastjournal.com/fox-sports-curt-menefee-from-a-small-school-to-a-huge-job-from-coe-college-to-the-bright-lights-of-the-nfl/|title=Fox Sports' Curt Menefee: From a small school to a huge job; from Coe College to the Sunday NFL studio|date=2020-02-12|website=Sports Broadcast Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-26}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/football/fox-sports-menefee-shares-his-favorite-super-bowl-memory/z4lF1Nx4ol67UwzGIpmHsO/|title=Fox Sports' Menefee shares his favorite Super Bowl memory|last=D. Orlando Ledbetter|first=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}

Menefee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At Coe, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and inducted into the Sigma Nu Hall of Fame in 2016. He gave the commencement speech at Coe College in 2010 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in journalism. In 2021, Menefee was attending Northwestern University enrolled in the university's master's in Public Policy & Administration program with plans to relocate to Chicago full-time.{{cite news |last1=Rosenthal |first1=Phil |title=Curt Menefee, Fox's NFL host, is also a Northwestern grad student hoping to change the world: 'This is what I need to do and what I should be doing' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-curt-menefee-nfl-fox-northwestern-graduate-school-20210124-wbzppgjlpfh55klqrkx2jmhlo4-story.html |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=chicagotribune.com}}

Career

While at Coe, Menefee worked at KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, and from 1987 to 1988, Menefee worked at WOI-TV in Ames, Iowa. He left Ames to work at WISC-TV in Madison, Wisconsin, departing that job for a position at Sports News Network in Arlington, Virginia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-menefee-to-leave-chann/159489425/|date=August 15, 1990|page=1B|first=Howard|last=Thomas|title=Menefee to leave Channel 3|newspaper=The Capital Times|location=Madison, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 21, 2024}} After that folded, Menefee became a weekend anchor at WTLV in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1991.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-can-ktvt-sports/159486480/|date=June 13, 1992|pages=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-smith/159486559/ E10]|title=Can KTVT sports anchor take the Texas heat?|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|location=Fort Worth, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 21, 2024}}

In 1992, Menefee was hired as the new sports director for KTVT, then an independent station, in Fort Worth, Texas.{{r|Fort920613}} He added a radio show when KTCK "1310 The Ticket", an all-sports radio station, signed on in Dallas in 1994; Menefee hosted in the 9–11 a.m. slot.{{cite news|first=Barry|last=Horn|title=All-sports station to sign on|work=The Dallas Morning News|date=January 21, 1994|page=4B}} KTVT did not renew his contract in 1995,{{Cite news|title=Moving with the Magic, Menefee and McCall|date=June 7, 1995|page=2B|first=Barry|last=Horn|work=The Dallas Morning News}} and he departed for WNYW, the Fox station in New York City.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-call-him-mr-credible/159490658/|date=May 19, 1996|page=New York Vue 70|first=Bob|last=Raissman|title=Call Him Mr. Credible|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 21, 2024}}

=Fox Sports=

He began his career at Fox Sports in 1997 as a sideline reporter, then moved to play-by-play for Fox's NFL Europe and Fox NFL coverage on Fox Sports and FSN.

In 2007, Menefee became the host of Fox NFL Sunday.

On May 24, 2008, Menefee made an appearance on MLB on Fox. He held play-by-play duties alongside José Mota during a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox.

On May 22, 2010, Menefee hosted Fox's coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich in the first broadcast of that tournament's championship game on over-the-air broadcast television in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.epltalk.com/fox-acquires-bruce-arena-curt-menefee-for-champions-league-final/18941 |title=Fox Acquires Bruce Arena and Curt Menefee For Champions League Final | Independent voice for EPL soccer fans since 2005 – EPL Talk | Page 18941 |publisher=Epltalk.com |date=April 30, 2010 |access-date=November 8, 2012}}

On November 12, 2011, Menefee became the host of the UFC on Fox with Randy Couture and Jon Jones. He continued to serve as host until ESPN took the rights to broadcast UFC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/23581729/espn-ufc-reach-five-year-television-rights-deal|title=UFC, ESPN agree to 5-year, $1.5B rights deal|date=2018-05-23|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}

In 2015, he hosted the inaugural coverage of FOX Sports coverage of the U.S. Open Championship in 2015.

On February 8, 2020, Menefee called an XFL game between the LA Wildcats and the Houston Roughnecks.

In 2023, Menefee hosted Fox's inaugural coverage of the Belmont Stakes.

Beginning in 2022, Menefee and Joel Klatt have served as the head play by play and color commentator of the USFL on Fox and the UFL on Fox.

= WNYW =

On January 7, 2024, WNYW announced that Menefee will co-host Good Day New York starting on January 16, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-07 |title=Curt Menefee to join Good Day New York as co-host alongside Rosanna Scotto |url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/curt-menefee-good-day-new-york |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=FOX 5 NY |language=en-US}} He will continue to host Fox NFL Sunday.

= NFL Preseason Football =

Menefee called the NFL preseason for the Jaguars TV network from 2005 to 2007. He formerly called play-by-play for Seattle Seahawks preseason games from 2008 through the 2022 season, with Michael Robinson, Dave Wyman, and Matt Devlin doing color commentary on KCPQ and KZJO (replay).{{cite web|url=http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Seahawks-at-Chiefs-Notes/b7f864d7-85a1-4d86-9a8b-771411d5564e|title=Seahawks at Chiefs Notes|last=Communications|first=Seahawks|publisher=Seahawks.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612085524/http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Seahawks-at-Chiefs-Notes/b7f864d7-85a1-4d86-9a8b-771411d5564e|archive-date=June 12, 2011|access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Seahawks-vs-Broncos-Notes/e9e6449e-f3d0-40a6-b47a-f78fc6330115|title=Seahawks vs. Broncos Notes|last=Communications|first=Seahawks|publisher=Seahawks.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612085541/http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Seahawks-vs-Broncos-Notes/e9e6449e-f3d0-40a6-b47a-f78fc6330115|archive-date=June 12, 2011|access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/An-evaluation-situation/d7594e58-ad2f-48d5-bce1-535bbd02d3fe|title=An evaluation situation|last=Farnsworth|first=Clare|publisher=Seahawks.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612085610/http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/An-evaluation-situation/d7594e58-ad2f-48d5-bce1-535bbd02d3fe|archive-date=June 12, 2011|access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seahawks-hire-kate-scott-for-preseason-tv-play-by-play-job/|title=Seahawks hire Kate Scott for preseason TV play-by-play job|last=Condotta|first=Bob|publisher=SeattleTimes.com|access-date=June 6, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://q13fox.com/2013/07/24/brock-huard-joins-menefee-for-seahawks-preseason-telecasts-on-q13-fox/|title=Brock Huard joins Menefee for Seahawks preseason telecasts on Q13 Fox|date=2013-07-25|website=Q13 FOX News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/how-to-watch-listen-to-follow-the-seahawks-vs-raiders?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|title=How To Watch, Listen To & Follow The Seahawks vs Raiders|website=www.seahawks.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-10}}

=Boxing=

Menefee also provided ringside commentary for Top Rank's coverage of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Showtime Championship Boxing.{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/4516105 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226011037/http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/4516105 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 26, 2011 |title=It's Showtime for Curt Menefee - ESPN |publisher=Espn.go.com |access-date=May 17, 2011}}

On January 7, 2012, Menefee announced he was leaving ShoBox.{{cite web |url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/boxing-buzz-111-105548 |title=Boxing Buzz |publisher=Fightnews.com |date=January 7, 2012 |access-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416074332/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/boxing-buzz-111-105548 |archive-date=April 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}