Longtime NBC Sports Announcer Dan Hicks Dies At 64

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He called 27 U.S. Opens and 23 U.S. Women’s Opens as well as the Ryder Cup, PGA Tour and British Open. This was Hicks’ seventh season calling Notre Dame games.

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, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64.

Hicks died late Wednesday in Connecticut. He died of an acute illness, according to his wife, Hannah Storm.

“Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan,” Storm said in a statement. “He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many. His loss is immeasurable.

“Dan was truly one of a kind and, quite simply, the person everyone wanted to be around. When he walked into a room, he brought the energy, the laughter and the people together. He was endlessly kind, thoughtful and funny, and he made everyone feel like they mattered.”

Hicks is best known as the lead announcer for golf, as well as swimming and skiing at the Olympics and Notre Dame football. He joined NBC in 1992 following three years at CNN.

“I’m incredibly lucky to stay at one place this long. It takes a lot of things going your way as far as NBC continuing to have the properties that I’ve been a part of through the years,” he said during an Associated Press interview in September. “So lots of variables, lots of things that can happen in your career. But I think I appreciate it more and more the longer it’s been.”

Golf was Hicks’ favorite sport. He was on the call for 27 tournament victories by Tiger Woods, including three at the U.S. Open. Hicks was a tower announcer from 1995-99 before taking over as the main voice in 2000.

He called 27 U.S. Opens and 23 U.S. Women’s Opens as well as the Ryder Cup, PGA Tour and British Open.

This was Hicks’ seventh season calling Notre Dame games. He did it from 2013-16 before returning in 2024.

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