Bob Picozzi (born June 4, 1951) was a television and radio announcer who was employed by ESPN and Fox Sports as a play-by-play announcer for college football and basketball.
Biography Picozzi was born in Summit, New Jersey, and graduated from Seton Hall University. He graduated in 1968 from Notre Dame High School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) and was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame and the WSOU (Seton Hall University) Hall of Fame."Class Notes", p. 39. ND Journal, Fall 2016. Accessed August 13, 2018. "Bob Picozzi '68 was selected for the WSOU Hall of Fame. WSOU is the student radio station at Bob's alma mater, Seton Hall."
In 1978, Picozzi began a 19-year stint at WTNH-TV as sports director. He was the TV play-by-play voice of UConn women's basketball from 1999-2012. He also called Atlantic 10 football for the Atlantic 10 Network and CAA football for Comcast SportsNet. Picozzi is a four-time winner of the Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year award and received one New England Regional Emmy Award. From 1998 to 2016, he was an ESPN Radio SportsCenter anchor and anchored 62,411 updates. Picozzi began calling college football and basketball for ESPN in 1997 and college basketball for Fox Sports in 2017.
Career timeline 2017–2018 Fox Sports college basketball play-by-play announcer 1997–2017 ESPN college basketball and football play-by-play announcer 1998–2016 ESPN Radio SportsCenter anchor 1999–2012 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball TV play-by-play voice 2007-2011 Comcast SportsNet Coastal Athletic Association football tv play-by-play 1997-2006 (Atlantic 10 Network) Atlantic 10 football TV play-by-play 1978–1997 WTNH-TV sports director 1975-1978 (Fairfield Basketball Radio Network) Fairfield Stags men's basketball radio play-by-play 1973-1975 WNHC Yale Bulldogs men's basketball radio play-by-play 1969-1972 WSOU Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball radio play-by-play
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