Mike Tirico

Mike Tirico
Tirico in 2024
Born
Michael Todd Tirico

(1966-12-13) December 13, 1966 (age 57)
New York City, U.S.
EducationSyracuse University
OccupationSportscaster
Years active1987–present
Employer(s)Meredith Corporation (1987–1991)
Capital Cities/ABC Inc. (1991–1996)
The Walt Disney Company (1996–2016)
Comcast (2016–present)
TelevisionWTVH (1987–1991)
ESPN/ABC (1991–2016)
NBC Sports (2016–present)
Spouse
Deborah Gibaratz
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(m. 1991)​
Children2

Michael Todd Tirico (/tɪˈriːkoʊ/; born December 13, 1966)[1] is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's Sunday Night Football, having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play announcer on ESPN's Monday Night Football.[2] Tirico has called a multitude of sports in his career, including the NBA, NHL, college football and basketball, golf, tennis, and World Cup soccer.

Tirico left ESPN after 25 years with the network when his contract expired in mid-2016, and was subsequently hired by NBC Sports. Tirico debuted during NBC's coverage of the 2016 Open Championship and has since served as the network's lead host for golf coverage.[3]

Since joining NBC Sports, Tirico has become lead primetime host of the Olympics on NBC,[4] was the lead play-by-play for Notre Dame Football on NBC,[5] host of Triple Crown races on NBC,[6] was the host of NBC's Football Night in America,[7] and was the host of NBC's coverage of the Indianapolis 500[8] and hosted NBC's coverage of the Stanley Cup.[9]

  1. ^ Lage, Larry (August 12, 2006). "Monday Night's New Voice". The Herald-Palladium. p. 8B. AGE: 39 (Born Dec. 13, 1966 in New York.)
  2. ^ "Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden to call MNF". ESPN. February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "NBC names Mike Tirico host of 2016 British Open coverage". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Macur, Juliet (July 15, 2017). "Mike Tirico Would Like to Talk About Anything but Mike Tirico (Published 2017)". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Rosenthal, Phil (August 14, 2017). "Mike Tirico takes over as NBC's Notre Dame football announcer". Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ "MIKE TIRICO SUCCEEDS TOM HAMMOND AS A HOST OF NBC SPORTS GROUP'S TRIPLE CROWN HORSE RACING COVERAGE BEGINNING WITH 2017 KENTUCKY DERBY". April 25, 2017.
  7. ^ "Mike Tirico new host of "Football Night In America". USA Today.
  8. ^ https://www.1075thefan.com/news/indycar/mike-tirico-officially-announced-host-nbcs-indy-500-coverage [dead link‍]
  9. ^ "MIKE TIRICO".