Veteran Michigan sports announcer Dan Dickerson returns for his 21st season in the booth and his 18th season as the lead play-by-play voice of the Tigers. Dan made his Tigers debut in 2000, working alongside Hall of Fame broadcaster, Ernie Harwell.
• Dickerson does play-by-play for Bally Sports Detroit in the offseason, covering the MHSAA High School Football Championships and Big Ten Hockey.
• Dan also teaches a short course on play-by-play at Michigan State University each winter. Dan’s wife, Lori Anne, is a Journalism Professor at MSU.
• Dan is co-host, along with Pat Caputo, of “Tiger Talk,” a weekly offseason talk show on WXYT that focuses on Tigers news and baseball hot stove topics.
• Dickerson previously worked five years with former Tigers flagship radio station WJR, where he did a little bit of everything: play-by-play for University of Michigan football and basketball, sideline reporter for UM football, sports reporter, and co-host of “Sportswrap,” with the talented Steve Courtney.
• Spent six-and-a-half years with Detroit’s WWJ-AM from 1988-95, hosting a post-game call-in show following Detroit Lions broadcasts and serving as a sideline reporter for University of Michigan football...also anchored WWJ’s news and sports on the weekends and served as a general assignment news reporter.
• Dan began his sports broadcasting career at WCUZ Radio in Grand Rapids, MI, working at the station from 1982-88 in both news and sports.
• Started in radio in 1980 with WMAX radio in Grand Rapids, covering general assignment news and anchoring afternoon newscasts.
• Named the 2016 Ernie Harwell Lifetime Achievement Award winner by Detroit Sports Media.
• Won the 2008 Ty Tyson Excellence in Sports Broadcasting Award, named after the Tigers pioneer broadcaster, Ty Tyson, and is awarded annually by Detroit Sports Media.
• Named Michigan Sportscaster of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2014 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
• Earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1980.
• Resides in Clarkston, MI with wife, Lori, and children, Rachel and Justin.
• Dickerson is available on Twitter @Dan_Dickerson.