Dan Coughlin (sportscaster)

Daniel Francis Coughlin (born 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a longtime sports anchor/reporter for WJW Fox 8 in Cleveland, author, and former sports writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Dan Coughlin
Born
Daniel Francis Coughlin

1938 (age 82–83)
Cleveland, Ohio
OccupationNewspaper sportswriter
TV sportscaster
Awards1976 Ohio Sportswriter of the Year
Two-time Lower Great Lakes Emmy Award winner
WebsiteCoughlin's personal blog

Early life

Coughlin was born in 1938 and lived in the Collinwood neighborhood on Cleveland's east side until 1941, when his parents moved to a home on the city's west side near St. Ignatius High School.

A time later, Coughlin's family moved again to suburban Lakewood, Ohio, where he attended St. Edward High School, graduating in 1956. Coughlin would later serve a two-year stint in the U.S. Army in the First Armored Division.[1]

Career

Newspapers

Soon after leaving the service, Coughlin would land his first full-time job in the newspaper business, when he became a sports writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1964.[2] While with the Plain Dealer, Coughlin was recognized for his work by being named Ohio Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) in 1976,[3] and serving as president of the Cleveland Press Club from 1981-82.[4]

Coughlin would leave the Plain Dealer in 1982, but would still work part-time as a sports writer in later years, writing sports columns for suburban newspapers such as the Elyria Chronicle Telegram, and the Lake County News Herald.[5]

Television

In 1983, Coughlin would switch to television reporting, becoming a sports reporter/fill-in anchor for WJKW (now WJW) TV 8 in Cleveland, where he remains to the present day.[6]

For the 1990 baseball season, Coughlin served as a play by play announcer for the Cleveland Indians on the then new SportsChannel Ohio (now Fox Sports Ohio).[7]

In recent years, Coughlin has gone into semi-retirement, though he still works part-time at WJW as a co-host of Friday Night Touchdown during high school football season.[8][9]

Author

Coughlin has written four books featuring anecdotes from his career covering the Cleveland sports scene - Pass the Nuts (2011), Crazy, With The Papers to Prove It (2012), Let's Have Another (2015) and Just One More Story (2018).[5]

Awards and honors
  • 1976 Ohio Sportswriter of the Year (NSSA)[3]
  • 1996 inductee - Cleveland Press Club Journalism Hall of Fame[10]
  • 2002 Society of Professional Journalists (Cleveland chapter) Distinguished Service Award recipient[11]
  • Two-time Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards recipient (2010[12] and 2012[13] as co-host of Friday Night Touchdown) - Sports Program[9]
  • 2013 Irish-American Archives Society (IAAS) Walks of Life Award recipient[14][15]
  • 2017 inductee - Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame[16]

References
  1. "Coughlin bio". Cleveland Seniors. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. "Coughlin interview". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. "Coughlin wins Sportswriter of the Year Award". National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  4. "Coughlin as Cleveland Press Club President". Cleveland Seniors. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  5. "Coughlin's books". Gray & Co. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  6. "Coughlin's TV career". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  7. "Indians broadcasters". Cleveland Indians. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  8. "Coughlin's semi-retirement". Dan Coughlin. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  9. ""Friday Night Touchdown" promo". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  10. "Coughlin inducted into Journalism HOF". Cleveland Press Club. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  11. "Coughlin wins Journalism Award". Society of Professional Journalists. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  12. "2010 Emmy winners". NATAS. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  13. "2012 Emmy winners". NATAS. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  14. "Coughlin wins Irish Society Award". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  15. "Coughlin wins Irish Society Award" (PDF). Irish-American Archives Society. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  16. "Manning, Gund head to Cleveland Sports HOF". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
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