Broadcaster Bios

Cory Alexander

Corey Alexander After a career at the University of Virginia (having graduated with a degree in psychology), Alexander was the 29th overall selection of the 1995 NBA Draft, chosen by the San Antonio Spurs. He has played for the Spurs, the Denver Nuggets, the Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Bobcats, as the latter team marked a return in 2004-2005 to the league, after a three-year absence. His career averages include 5.5 points and 2.7 assists per game. He is now working for the University of Virginia’s radio network and the ACC Network as a commentator.

Dave Archer

Dave Archer Dave Archer joins the ACC Football broadcast for his second season as analyst. No stranger to Raycom Sports, Dave was the part of Raycom’s SEC broadcasts for seven seasons. An eight season veteran of the NFL and, he played quarterback for the Falcons, Redskins, Chargers and Eagles. He also played 5 years CFL and one WLAF, where he won a World Bowl championship and was the game MVP.

Archer played collegiately at Iowa St. and was inducted into the ISU Hall of Fame in 2005. A native of Soda Springs, Idaho, Dave and his wife Jill have 4 children and reside in Marietta, GA.

Dan Bonner

Dan Bonner Dan has worked as an ACC color analyst since 1980, first for C.D. Chesley and more recently Raycom Sports. He also served as a color analyst for ESPN from 1987-2001 and CBS since 1991. Dan has been an analyst for FOX Sunday Night Hoops since its inception in 2001.

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 Fox Sports Net South’s coverage of ACC Baseball.

Bonner played for the University of Virginia from 1971-75. He served as team captain and was named to the All-ACC Academic Team as a senior.

Dan was head coach of the Virginia women’s basketball team for the 1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons, and, as he puts it on his biographical sheet, his most notable accomplishment was meeting his wife, Terry, who was the team captain and MVP of the 1975-76 team.

The Bonners have three children: Coleman, Keary and Sarah.

Tommy Bowden

Tommy Bowder Tommy Bowden is a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, posting a 72-45 record as the head coach for Clemson University in almost ten seasons. The Tigers made a bowl appearance every year he was there except 2004, when the team voluntarily declined bowl bids. He guided Clemson to the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship game in 2009.

Prior to Clemson, he led Tulane University to an 18-4 record over two seasons and earned Conference USA Coach of the Year honors. His 1998 Tulane squad went 12–0 and achieved a top-10 final ranking in both polls.

Bowden is a graduate of West Virginia University, where he played wide receiver. He is married to the former Linda White and has two children, Ryan and Lauren. He is the son of former Florida State Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden and has two sisters and three brothers, including Terry, the head coach at the University of North Alabama, and Jeff, who serves as an assistant coach on his brother Terry’s staff.

Tim Brando

Tim Brando Tim has been calling ACC Basketball games for Raycom Sports for over ten years. He also has worked for CBS Sports since 1996.

Tim was the play-by-play voice of the Carolina Panthers television network pre-season games for the franchise’s first seven years (1995-01). He joined CBS in 1996 as a play-by-play voice for the NCAA Tournament. He added college football to his CBS responsibilities in 1997.

He served as the play-by-play voice for both the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks from 1993-96; he joined TNT and TBS Sports in 1994 and 1995 for their coverage of the NBA playoffs; and he spent nine years with ESPN.

Tim and his wife, Terri, have two daughters, Tiffany and Tara.

Tim Brant

Tim Brant Tim Brant handles play-by-play duties for both Raycom Sports ACC Football and ACC Basketball telecasts He has spent nearly thirty years covering sports for Raycom, CBS and ABC Sports. Currently he is Vice President and Sports Director for ABC 7 / WJLA-TV in Washington DC.The multi-faceted Brant has served many roles including sideline reporter, analyst and play-by-play. He is a veteran of two Olympics and for more than a decade was the morning co-host for ABC-owned WMAL Radio in Washington, DC.

During his broadcasting career, he has been listed as college football’s top analyst by numerous publications, including USA Today. Brant teamed with Keith Jackson as the voice of the PlayStation video game NCAA Gamebreaker for 989 Sports. He has been honored with Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the Touchdown Club of Washington, the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Maryland, Distinguished Professional Achievement by the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism in 2002, and in 1999 was inducted into the St. John’s College High School Hall of Fame.

A star linebacker and defensive captain at Maryland, he was with the Washington Redskins before a career-ending knee injury. Brant and his wife Janet reside in Potomac, MD. They have four children.

Mike Gminski

Mike Gminski Ever wonder what you do when you retire from the NBA? In addition to calling games courtside, since my playing career came to an end, I have pursued many interests. That first summer, I decided to get into the kitchen and learn how to cook. Through many hours with the Food Channel and many mistakes down the disposal, I have grown to love cooking with and for friends, none of whom have gotten violently ill at my expense. Every two years I donate two dinners for twelve at my house for the benefit of The Charlotte Wine and Food weekend. Bob Foley, a friend and one of the most talented vintners in Napa Valley, assists with the cooking and the wine. Along with cooking, Wine has become a passion for me as well. I have a 3,000 bottle cellar in my basement, but consider myself a consumer rather than a collector. I have also come to enjoy a great cigar every now and then as well.

Over the last eight years, I have also been very involved with the Duke Children’s Hospital. For the past six years, I have had the honor of serving as the Chairmen for their National Board of Advisors. We successfully raised 38 million dollars to build a brand new facility in Durham, and those fundraising efforts continue to be a priority for me.

I’ve lived in Charlotte for 14 years now with my wife of 24 years, Stacy Anderson and our 7 year old son, Noah, who is 4’7″ and already being heavily recruited- just kidding.

Steve Martin

Steve Martin Steve Martin, a 43-year broadcast veteran, is one of the most recognizable voices in the Southeast. Steve serves as the play-by-play man for ACC Football (18 years) and ACC basketball (10 years) This is his 22nd year overall as college football play-by-play man for Raycom Sports (four years covering Great American).

A native of Bangor, Maine, Steve is the coordinator of broadcast operations for the NBA Charlotte Bobcats and the television play-by-play host. He also served as vice president of broadcast operations for the New Orleans Hornets (Charlotte Hornets). Steve and Debbie, his wife of 34 years, have two children and reside in Denver, NC.

Scott Pryzwansky

Scott Pryzwansky Scott joined the Raycom Sports team in 1999, serving as a sideline reporter and pregame host. With more than 20 years of broadcasting experience, Scott also serves as the play-by-play voice of UNC Greensboro, a position he’s held since 2002.

As a veteran media consultant, Scott’s “day job” finds him counseling corporations, associations, universities, professional and collegiate athletes and coaches. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Scott was a walk-on basketball player and was recognized on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. To this day, he is convinced the reason he never made Varsity was due to his name being too long to fit on the back of a jersey.

Scott currently lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife Kelly and son Theo.

Bob Rathbun

Bob Rathbun Bob Rathbun has been a play-by-play announcer for Raycom Sports since 1990. He has also been the announcer for Atlanta Hawks basketball games on FSN South since 1996. In addition, Rathbun also serves as the play-by-play announcer for Southeastern Conference football games on FSN South. He was the play-by-play announcer on Atlanta Braves baseball games on Fox Sports Net (formerly SportsSouth) from 1997 to 2006. He has previously done broadcast work for the Washington Bullets, Baltimore Orioles, Tidewater Tides, Detroit Tigers and the Richmond Braves.

Rathbun was named Virginia Sportscaster of the Year six separate times, and was awarded the same honor in Georgia in 1998. In 2008, he was named to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Rathbun began his career as sports director for WSTP Radio in Salisbury, North Carolina. Rathbun is a graduate of Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina and was inducted in the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2006, and a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1988.

Bob lives in the Atlanta area with his wife, Marybeth and his two children, Court and Grace.

Danielle Trotta

Danielle Trotta Danielle Trotta is a reporter and host for SPEED, and is seen nightly on NASCAR Race Hub. Before joining SPEED, she spent five years with WBTV in Charlotte, where she anchored six live sports shows each weekend, serving as the host of Sports Saturday Night and co-host of Football Friday Night and Point After with D & D.

Trotta is an experienced sports reporter, and has extensively covered the ACC over the past several years. A native of Westchester, N.Y., Trotta and her family have also called Indianapolis and Charlotte home. She is a graduate of UNC-Charlotte with a degree in Mass Communications.

Mike Hogewood

Mike Hogewood Mike Hogewood has been associated with Raycom Sports (formerly Jefferson-Pilot Sports) for over two decades. He began his association by anchoring the company’s coverage of the Nextel Cup races at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Best known for his work on the sidelines at ACC football games, Mike is in his 25th season of reporting from the field. Mike also hosts ACC Basketball Today and the ACC Basketball Tournament.

He is a two-time Emmy award winner as a show host and for play by play. Mike and his wife Nancy have two children and reside in Greensboro, Mike’s hometown.

 

ACC Digital Network Broadcaster Bios

Kyle Montgomery

Kelly NashKyle Montgomery serves as lead host for the ACC Digital Network. Montgomery brings a wealth of knowledge to the network after holding positions at the local and National Level. He got his television start shortly after graduation at WDAM in Hattiesburg, MS before serving stints at Montgomery, Alabama’s WSFA and WCOV. Kyle quickly rose to the national level landing a position with Turner Sports as host for NBA TV and NBA.com. While in Atlanta, Montgomery also hosted Cartoon Networks first ever live action sports show title “Run It Back”, as well as contributing to CNN headline news. Kyle lives in Charlotte with his wife Cam and son Makhi

Kelly Nash

Kelly NashKelly Nash is Talent and Production Assistant for the ACC Digital Network. She joined the team upon its launch in September 2011. Before joining the ACCDN family she was an expert panelist for West Palm’s CBS12 “Beyond the Game” sports show. Prior to that, Kelly covered the Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat, and Miami Hurricanes for ABC affiliate WPLG, while she was finishing school. A graduate of Clemson University and University of Miami, Kelly holds two Master’s Degrees.

Dorsey Levens

Kelly NashThe former NFL All-Pro running back played for the Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants.

A Syracuse, N.Y. native, Levens began his college career at Notre Dame; competing with Ricky Watters, Jerome Bettis, Rodney Culver, Reggie Brooks, and Anthony Johnson, all of whom would play in the NFL. Levens eventually earned the starting tailback job at Notre Dame, but injured his knee before the season started.

The next year he transferred to Georgia Tech where, as a junior after sitting out a year, he set a school record by averaging 7.2 yards-per-carry. In his senior season, he was voted First-Team All-ACC. He rushed for 823 yards and scored eight touchdowns that season.

In the 1994 NFL Draft, he was selected in the fifth round (149th overall) by the Green Bay Packers.

After playing in various backup roles, he played well in the 1996 postseason, and became the starting halfback after Edgar Bennett tore his achilles tendon in the 1997 pre-season. Levens emerged as one of the best running backs in football in 1997, rushing for over 1400 yards and getting voted to the Pro Bowl. However, he injured his knee again during the 1998 season. He gained 1,000 yards for the Packers in the 1999 season, but was mostly used in a reserve role after that.

Dorsey was an NFL analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment’s NFL Mobile Gamecenter, breaking down all the NFL games for viewers each week. He also blogs for Prosportsdaily.com.