Longtime NBC Sports Announcer Dan Hicks Dies at 64
NBC Sports said Hicks was its signature golf voice for 26 years and called 16 Olympics, while his wife said he died after an acute illness.
- On Thursday, November 12, 2026, longtime NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks died at age 64 following an acute illness, his wife ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm announced.
- During his 34-year tenure at NBC Sports, Hicks became the network's signature voice for golf while also covering Olympic swimming, alpine skiing, and Notre Dame football.
- His most memorable broadcasts included calling Tiger Woods' 2008 U.S. Open victory and the American men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay comeback at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- NBC Sports executives Rick Cordella, Sam Flood, and Molly Solomon called Hicks an "exceptional storyteller," while his family remembered him as a "devoted husband" and "cherished friend."
- Before his passing, Hicks was scheduled to call this weekend's game between the Fighting Irish and Boston College alongside analyst Jason Garrett and sideline reporter Caroline Pineda.
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He died as a result of an acute illness, according to his wife, Hannah Storm.
Dan Hicks, NBC Voice of Golf, Dies
Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming, and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died. He was 64. His wife, Hannah Storm, said Hicks died late Wednesday in Connecticut of an act illness, the AP reports. He was best known as...
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Legendary NBC Sports Announcer Dan Hicks Dies Suddenly at 64 After More Than Three Decades in Broadcasting
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