Dan Hoard

Dan Hoard is an American radio and television sportscaster who calls games for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals with Dave Lapham. He is also the play-by-play announcer for University of Cincinnati Bearcats football and men's basketball games.

Biography

Hoard is a Syracuse University graduate who began his broadcasting career as the radio voice of the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League. He transitioned into television as the sports director at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, NY before moving to WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, OH in 1995. In 2000, Hoard added University of Cincinnati football and basketball radio play-by-play duties and soon also began hosting the Cincinnati Reds TV pregame show on Fox Sports Ohio.

In 2006, Hoard returned to baseball play-by-play broadcasting as the TV/radio voice of the Pawtucket Red Sox. In 2011, he moved back to Cincinnati when he was hired to replace Brad Johansen as the radio voice of the Bengals.

Hoard was named the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year in 2014, 2017 and 2019 by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA).

He was inducted into the University of Cincinnati James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019 and the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

The minor league baseball broadcaster in the "Dancin' Homer" episode of The Simpsons is named Dan Hoard. The episode was written by Ken Levine, Dan's former broadcasting partner with the Syracuse Chiefs.

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