Notre Dame footballSaturday, November 14
NBC's Dan Hicks, the voice of Notre Dame football, has died at 64
The Daily South Bend team
Dan Hicks, NBC's play-by-play voice for Notre Dame football, has died at 64 after an acute illness, his wife Hannah Storm said Thursday. She called his passing "sudden and unexpected." Hicks was a 34-year NBC Sports veteran who was scheduled to call today's game.
34 yearsDan Hicks spent at NBC Sports
Hicks was best known for the PGA Tour and the Olympics, where he was the lead voice on skiing and swimming.
Source: USA TODAY
Jason Benetti, the Detroit Tigers' play-by-play announcer, will call today's game against Boston College. Coach Marcus Freeman opened his Thursday media update with condolences to Storm and the couple's daughters.
“He was an ultimate professional, but more importantly he was a great husband, father and man.”
- Survivors: wife Hannah Storm, a 1983 Notre Dame graduate, and three daughters
- NBC golf's signature voice for the last 26 years
Hicks called Irish games in two stints
- 2013Hicks starts calling Notre Dame home games, through 2016.
- 2024Hicks returns to Notre Dame play-by-play, replacing Jac Collinsworth.
- Oct. 10Hicks calls his final Irish telecast, the Stanford game.
- Nov. 14Jason Benetti will call Notre Dame vs. Boston College in Hicks' place.
Sources: WSBT, USA TODAY, New York Post