Drew Esocoff
{{short description|American television sports director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Drew Esocoff (born c. 1957) is an American television sports director, who as of 2006 has been the director of NBC Sunday Night Football.{{cite book|title=The Sunday Star Ledger|date=October 11, 2015|page=C1}}
Early life
Esocoff was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1975, later attending Colgate University. While in college he worked as a substitute teacher at Elizabeth High School where one of his students was Todd Bowles.Kratch, James. [http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2015/10/a_well-timed_homecoming_for_nj_native_sunday_night.html "A well-timed homecoming for N.J. native, Sunday Night Football director Drew Esocoff"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 9, 2015. Accessed October 24, 2015. "'We've never had a high school reunion,' said Esocoff, who grew up in Elizabeth and graduated from Jefferson High in 1975."
Career
Esocoff has worked for ESPN and ABC, serving as director for Monday Night Football,{{cite book |last=Miller, Shales|first=James Andrew, Tom|author-link= |date= |title=Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN|url=http://www.uvm.edu/~rgriffin/ESPN-Miller.pdf|location= |publisher= |page=576|isbn=}} SportsCenter, and the NBA Finals, as well as five Super Bowls. Since 2006, he has served as director for NBC Sunday Night Football.{{Cite news |last=Rosen |first=Jody |date=December 2, 2023 |title=Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show on TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/magazine/sunday-night-football.html |access-date=January 16, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
As of 2024, Esocoff has won 19 Emmy Awards and in 2022 was inducted in the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=DREW ESOCOFF |url=https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/drew-esocoff |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=NBC Sports Pressbox |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame |url=https://www.sportsbroadcastinghalloffame.org/inductees/drew-esocoff/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |language=en}}
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Category:Thomas Jefferson High School (New Jersey) alumni
Category:People from Elizabeth, New Jersey