Television Broadcasting Experience
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC TV) - Brad serves as the play-by-play announcer for men's and women's basketball games and the MVC Indoor & Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Since the 2016-17 season Brad has annually worked more than a dozen basketball games assigned by the league office including the MVC Women's Basketball Tournament "Hoops in the Heartland". He works FOX Sports Midwest regional broadcasts for the biggest games of the season. He's called the upset of Indiana State over the Butler Bulldogs on ESPN3 and non-conference games including UNI vs UNLV, and San Diego State at Loyola. In 2016, Brad began calling Missouri Valley Football Conference "Game of the Week" broadcasts for the ESPN3/+ platform. Brad began working with the MVC during the 2015 MVC Indoor Track and Field Championships and continues to be the voice of the MVC Track and Field Championships and Cross Country Championships through ESPN3/+ broadcasts.
Cayman Islands Classic (FloHoops) - Brad was the play-by-play voice of the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic in 2017. Covering all 12 games in a three day schedule Brad's coverage included three NCAA Tournament qualifiers. The Buffalo Bulls, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, and the tournament champion Cincinnati Bearcats began their NCAA Tournament worth seasons in this tournament. Wyoming, Louisiana, Richmond, UAB, and the Big Ten's Iowa Hawkeyes were all part of the inaugural tournament broadcast on FloHoops.
Iowa Public Television (IPTV) - Brad became IPTV's play-by-play announcer for championship coverage of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union events. In 2015, Brad called his first state softball championship games handling two of the five title games. In 2016, IPTV asked Brad to handle the same workload for their basketball coverage. Brad covered both championships with color commentator Molly Parrott.
Panther Sports Network - In 2014, Brad became the play-by-play announcer for UNI football's coverage on the Panther Sports Network, which is carried by all four television markets in Iowa and picked up by CSN Chicago (Comcast Sports Network) and ESPN3. Brad has announced alongside former UNI Panther Jamar Thompson, and former Panther Justin Surrency, who played in the NFL. The top viewed football games include MVFC rivalry games between UNI and North Dakota State and South Dakota State.
Brad covers the University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team as the play-by-play announcer for the Panthers' home television network, beginning with the 2012-13 season. Missouri Valley Conference games during the 2012-13 season included an in-state matchup versus Drake and an upset win over the Top 25 ranked Creighton Bluejays. In the 2013-14 season, the PSN non-conference schedule was highlighted with a battle against Iona. Brad partners with Kevin Lehman or Eric Braley to provide a dynamic broadcast duo!
Brad is also the play-by-play announcer for PSN's coverage of UNI women's basketball and UNI volleyball games. PSN covered various conference and non-conference contests including the annual in-state nail-biter against Iowa State.
Mediacom - Brad has been play-by-play announcer for Mediacom's coverage of select collegiate sporting events. Brad has teamed up with Mediacom on the live game coverage of the NAIA Men's Volleyball Championships. He has worked UNI games since 2009 covering volleyball & women's basketball. During the summer of 2013, his Mediacom workload included the state of Iowa's final game at the Iowa Little League World Series.
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC TV) - Brad serves as the play-by-play announcer for men's and women's basketball games and the MVC Indoor & Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Since the 2016-17 season Brad has annually worked more than a dozen basketball games assigned by the league office including the MVC Women's Basketball Tournament "Hoops in the Heartland". He works FOX Sports Midwest regional broadcasts for the biggest games of the season. He's called the upset of Indiana State over the Butler Bulldogs on ESPN3 and non-conference games including UNI vs UNLV, and San Diego State at Loyola. In 2016, Brad began calling Missouri Valley Football Conference "Game of the Week" broadcasts for the ESPN3/+ platform. Brad began working with the MVC during the 2015 MVC Indoor Track and Field Championships and continues to be the voice of the MVC Track and Field Championships and Cross Country Championships through ESPN3/+ broadcasts.
Cayman Islands Classic (FloHoops) - Brad was the play-by-play voice of the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic in 2017. Covering all 12 games in a three day schedule Brad's coverage included three NCAA Tournament qualifiers. The Buffalo Bulls, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, and the tournament champion Cincinnati Bearcats began their NCAA Tournament worth seasons in this tournament. Wyoming, Louisiana, Richmond, UAB, and the Big Ten's Iowa Hawkeyes were all part of the inaugural tournament broadcast on FloHoops.
Iowa Public Television (IPTV) - Brad became IPTV's play-by-play announcer for championship coverage of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union events. In 2015, Brad called his first state softball championship games handling two of the five title games. In 2016, IPTV asked Brad to handle the same workload for their basketball coverage. Brad covered both championships with color commentator Molly Parrott.
Panther Sports Network - In 2014, Brad became the play-by-play announcer for UNI football's coverage on the Panther Sports Network, which is carried by all four television markets in Iowa and picked up by CSN Chicago (Comcast Sports Network) and ESPN3. Brad has announced alongside former UNI Panther Jamar Thompson, and former Panther Justin Surrency, who played in the NFL. The top viewed football games include MVFC rivalry games between UNI and North Dakota State and South Dakota State.
Brad covers the University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team as the play-by-play announcer for the Panthers' home television network, beginning with the 2012-13 season. Missouri Valley Conference games during the 2012-13 season included an in-state matchup versus Drake and an upset win over the Top 25 ranked Creighton Bluejays. In the 2013-14 season, the PSN non-conference schedule was highlighted with a battle against Iona. Brad partners with Kevin Lehman or Eric Braley to provide a dynamic broadcast duo!
Brad is also the play-by-play announcer for PSN's coverage of UNI women's basketball and UNI volleyball games. PSN covered various conference and non-conference contests including the annual in-state nail-biter against Iowa State.
Mediacom - Brad has been play-by-play announcer for Mediacom's coverage of select collegiate sporting events. Brad has teamed up with Mediacom on the live game coverage of the NAIA Men's Volleyball Championships. He has worked UNI games since 2009 covering volleyball & women's basketball. During the summer of 2013, his Mediacom workload included the state of Iowa's final game at the Iowa Little League World Series.
Panther Sports Talk - Since 2008, Brad has fulfilled duties as co-host and reporter for the weekly half-hour television program covering the University of Northern Iowa athletic department. Coverage of UNI athletics has included:
- A feature on UNI alum Kurt Warner, as his Arizona Cardinals traveled to St. Louis to face Warner's former NFL team
- A trip to the NCAA men's basketball tournament Sweet 16 round
- NCAA Wrestling Championships
- Multiple Missouri Valley Conference championship events
- College football games at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University
- Features on numerous student athletes and coaches from 19 different sports. Brad's title also includes PST's Executive Producer, executing each shows plan and final edits.
Radio Broadcasting Experience
Panther Sports Network (radio) - Years of radio play-by-play experience led Brad to cover select University of Northern Iowa men's basketball games starting in the 2013-2014 season. Brad has been assigned more than 10 games, as he fills in for UNI's regular play-by-play announcer, Gary Rima. Brad works with former All-American, Kevin Boyle, and produced the broadcasts, pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows in addition to the play-by-play of the entire game. During the 2014-2015 season, Brad found his radio play-by-play calls featured in regional and national television coverage of UNI men's basketball. CBS's NCAA Tournament pre-game coverage used Brad's call of a Seth Tuttle dunk as they spotlighted the UNI men's basketball team and their road to the NCAA Tournament. "UNI All-Access" which aired on CSN Chicago used numerous play-by-play calls. Brad |
announced the season opener, when head coach Ben Jacobson became UNI's all-time wins leader with victory #167. Brad also announced UNI vs George Mason as part of the regular season slate.
In 2013, his broadcast schedule included a road game against George Mason and trip to St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) for the Paradise Jam Tournament, announcing all three games as UNI earned a third place finish.
Brad has spent multiple years covering UNI women's basketball (2009-2012). His time with the team includes the most successful years of women's basketball at UNI, as they won two Missouri Valley Conference Tournaments to qualify for the program's first two NCAA Tournament appearances. The team also made a run to the WBI Championship game in their third straight post-season tourney.
Brad's play-by-play assignment included many games for a nationally ranked UNI volleyball program. From 2009-2012 he worked solo for the road game broadcasts and with a color commentator at the home events. Coverage included matches against Big 12 & Big 10 schools, Missouri Valley Conference tournament games and NCAA tournament games. His 2012 broadcast of the NCAA Tournament was streamed at NCAA.com.
KOEL Radio - Brad's award winning sports announcing originated in 2004 at AM 950 KOEL radio in Oelwein, Iowa, where he served as Sports Director and Program Director. In both 2004 and 2005 he was honored with the Best Sportscast in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Alongside his daily sports reports, duties included play-by-play of the local sports of high school football, basketball, baseball and softball.
Brad was also instrumental in bringing live broadcasts of Upper Iowa University to the station and would serve as play-by-play announcer for UIU men's and women's basketball games, color commentator for UIU football broadcasts, and host of the weekly coaches' shows at the area's premiere sports pub.
KGRK/KULT - Brad's start as an announcer began as both a play-by-play and color commentator for the student radio station at the University of Northern Iowa during the athletic seasons from 2000 through 2003. Sports covered during his time at UNI include football, men's & women's basketball, baseball and volleyball. During his time at UNI, Brad also covered various sports for the Cedar Falls Cable Division's broadcasts of Cedar Falls High School sports.
Emcee
University of Northern Iowa - Brad has served as master of ceremonies at a variety of events, including one for the Panther Scholarship Club called "Women at Play" that raised money for female athletic scholarships. Brad served as emcee for the UNI basketball golf outing at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, which raised money for UNI basketball scholarship dollars. Brad has even served as host of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Kickoff organized by student athletes, welcoming back the entire student-athlete body to campus in the fall. He has also been a return guest speaker at the UNI "Fast Forward Conference" hosted by the Electronic Media department. Brad's session topics include "Sports Play-By-Play" and "Sports Reporting."
In 2013, his broadcast schedule included a road game against George Mason and trip to St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) for the Paradise Jam Tournament, announcing all three games as UNI earned a third place finish.
Brad has spent multiple years covering UNI women's basketball (2009-2012). His time with the team includes the most successful years of women's basketball at UNI, as they won two Missouri Valley Conference Tournaments to qualify for the program's first two NCAA Tournament appearances. The team also made a run to the WBI Championship game in their third straight post-season tourney.
Brad's play-by-play assignment included many games for a nationally ranked UNI volleyball program. From 2009-2012 he worked solo for the road game broadcasts and with a color commentator at the home events. Coverage included matches against Big 12 & Big 10 schools, Missouri Valley Conference tournament games and NCAA tournament games. His 2012 broadcast of the NCAA Tournament was streamed at NCAA.com.
KOEL Radio - Brad's award winning sports announcing originated in 2004 at AM 950 KOEL radio in Oelwein, Iowa, where he served as Sports Director and Program Director. In both 2004 and 2005 he was honored with the Best Sportscast in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Alongside his daily sports reports, duties included play-by-play of the local sports of high school football, basketball, baseball and softball.
Brad was also instrumental in bringing live broadcasts of Upper Iowa University to the station and would serve as play-by-play announcer for UIU men's and women's basketball games, color commentator for UIU football broadcasts, and host of the weekly coaches' shows at the area's premiere sports pub.
KGRK/KULT - Brad's start as an announcer began as both a play-by-play and color commentator for the student radio station at the University of Northern Iowa during the athletic seasons from 2000 through 2003. Sports covered during his time at UNI include football, men's & women's basketball, baseball and volleyball. During his time at UNI, Brad also covered various sports for the Cedar Falls Cable Division's broadcasts of Cedar Falls High School sports.
Emcee
University of Northern Iowa - Brad has served as master of ceremonies at a variety of events, including one for the Panther Scholarship Club called "Women at Play" that raised money for female athletic scholarships. Brad served as emcee for the UNI basketball golf outing at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, which raised money for UNI basketball scholarship dollars. Brad has even served as host of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Kickoff organized by student athletes, welcoming back the entire student-athlete body to campus in the fall. He has also been a return guest speaker at the UNI "Fast Forward Conference" hosted by the Electronic Media department. Brad's session topics include "Sports Play-By-Play" and "Sports Reporting."
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