Reported in Richard Deitsch’s Monday morning media column at SI.com, NBC will replace long-time Notre Dame football voice Tom Hammond with Dan Hicks. An announcement will be formally made on Monday. Hammond has been calling Notre Dame football on NBC dating back to 1992. He’ll remain with the Peacock as the host of horse racing’s Triple Crown as well as the main voice for figure skating and track and field.
Hicks will continue has the lead announcer on the PGA for NBC as well as maintain his Olympic duties in 2014 and 2016.
His first Notre Dame duties will come this weekend when he calls the Notre Dame Spring Football game on NBC. He’ll then call seven Fighting Irish home games this season starting August 31.
More on this when the official press release is out.
