Dan Hoard
{{Short description|American sportscaster}}
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Dan Hoard is an American radio and television sportscaster who calls games for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals with Dave Lapham. He is also the play-by-play announcer for University of Cincinnati Bearcats football and men's basketball games.
Early life and education
Hoard grew up in Lakewood, New York and attended Southwestern Central High School. He graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1985. At Syracuse, he was good friends with Sean McDonough.{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Dave |title=Sean McDonough, close friend of Dan Hoard's from Syracuse, to do Cotton Bowl play-by-play |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/2021/12/09/sean-mcdonough-friends-with-dan-hoard-syracuse-classmates-cotton-bowl-announcers-cincinnati-alabama/6444610001/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=The Enquirer |date=9 December 2021}}{{cite news |title=Syracuse University's Newhouse Sports Media Center honors ESPN's Sean McDonough |url=https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2016/07/syracuse-universitys-newhouse-sports-media-center-honors-espns-sean-mcdonough/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=ESPN Front Row |date=27 July 2016}}
Career
He began his broadcasting career as the radio voice of the Syracuse Chiefs of the Minor League Baseball. He transitioned into television as the sports director at WTVH-TV in Syracuse before moving to WXIX-TV in Cincinnati in 1995. In 2000, Hoard added University of Cincinnati football and basketball radio play-by-play duties and soon also began hosting the Cincinnati Reds TV pregame show on Fox Sports Ohio.
In 2006, Hoard returned to baseball play-by-play broadcasting as the TV/radio voice of the Pawtucket Red Sox.{{cite news |last1=Kiesewetter |first1=John |title=Who Will Be Marty Brennaman's Successor? How About Dan Hoard? |url=https://www.wvxu.org/media/2018-03-22/who-will-be-marty-brennamans-successor-how-about-dan-hoard |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=WVXU |date=22 March 2018 |language=en}} In 2011, he moved back to Cincinnati when he was hired to replace Brad Johansen as the radio voice of the Bengals.{{cite news |title=Dan Hoard Named Cincinnati Bengals' Radio Voice |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/90998/dan-hoard-named-cincinnati-bengals-radio-voice |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=All Access |date=May 5, 2011 |language=en}}
Awards
Hoard was named the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020 by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA).{{cite news |last1=Kindberg |first1=Scott |title=Hoard Honored As Ohio Sportscaster Of The Year Again |url=https://www.post-journal.com/sports/local-sports/2021/01/hoard-honored-as-ohio-sportscaster-of-the-year-again/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=post-journal.com}}{{cite news |title=Meet 2017 Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Dan Hoard |url=https://nationalsportsmedia.org/news/meet-2017-ohio-sportscaster-of-the-year-dan-hoard |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=National Sports Media Association |date=June 20, 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Bengals Voice Dan Hoard Wins Statewide Broadcasting Honor |url=https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-voice-dan-hoard-wins-statewide-broadcasting-honor-14750712 |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=Cincinnati Bengals |date=January 9, 2015}}
He was inducted into the University of Cincinnati James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019 and the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.{{cite news |title=Dan Hoard (2019) - University of Cincinnati James P. Kelly Athletics Hall Of Fame |url=https://gobearcats.com/honors/university-of-cincinnati-james-p-kelly-athletics-hall-of-fame/dan-hoard/1193 |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=University of Cincinnati Athletics |date=2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Justin |title=Dan Hoard, voice of the Bearcats, on his induction into UC's Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1299785/2019/10/17/dan-hoard-voice-of-the-bearcats-on-his-induction-into-ucs-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=The Athletic |date=October 17, 2019 |language=en}}
The minor league baseball broadcaster in the Dancin' Homer episode of The Simpsons is named Dan Hoard. The episode was written by Ken Levine, Dan's former broadcasting partner with the Syracuse Chiefs.{{cite video |people=Levine, Ken |date=2002 |title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Dancin' Homer" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.fox19.com/story/159248/dan-hoard/ Bio] on WXIX-TV
- [https://mlblogsdanhoard.wordpress.com/ Personal blog]
- [https://archive.org/details/InsideTheBearcatsPodcast1.17.13--DanHoard Inside the Bearcats Podcast 2013]
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Category:American radio sports announcers
Category:Cincinnati Reds announcers
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Category:College basketball announcers in the United States
Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters
Category:S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni