Dan Hicks (sportscaster)

Dan Hicks (born in Tucson) is an American sportscaster for NBC. His primary duties for the network include play-by-play commentary for golf, but he also does occasional play-by-play commentary for coverage of the Arena Football League, and Notre Dame football.

He is also the primary for the network's sports updates every weekend. During the Olympic Games, Hicks was the late-night show anchorman for NBC during the event's second week. He was also the network's host for the Olympics' closing ceremony. During the Summer Olympics, Hicks is the stroke-by-stroke announcer for swimming, and he is the play-by-play announcer for speed skating for the Winter Olympics. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Hicks called diving.

His biggest job before joining NBC was as a sports reporter for CNN, where he met his wife, Hannah Storm, who is co-anchor on CBS' The Early Show.

Hicks' color commentators

The color commentators Hicks works with are champions in their own right. For golf, Hicks works with former U.S. Open and British Open champion Johnny Miller. On the women's events Hicks does, he'll work with former LPGA great Dottie Pepper, although at the U.S. Women's Open, Hicks works with both Miller and Pepper. When he does Olympic speed skating, Hicks is paired with 1994 Winter Olympics gold medalist Dan Jansen, and is paired with Rowdy Gaines for swimming. Gaines won three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. For Olympic diving in 2000, Hicks worked with former Olympic bronze medalist Cynthia Potter.