NBC is continuing to round out its roster for the return of the NBA next season with a mix of new and old voices joining the coverage. And the latest person to come onboard is veteran announcer Terry Gannon.
NBC already has named Mike Tirico as its lead play-by-play announcer and Noah Eagle as the number two voice. The network has also named Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller, and Grant Hill amongst its game analysts. Maria Taylor and Ahmed Fareed will anchor coverage in studio with Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter as analysts. There’s also this guy Michael Jordan that will be a special contributor.
With a large portfolio of games at their disposal, NBC is deepening their bench by calling upon Gannon, who has been with NBC since 2010 and most notably calls golf and Olympic gymnastics and figure skating for the network.
Terry Gannon, NBC Sports’ critically acclaimed Olympic and golf commentator, will join NBC Sports’ NBA coverage as a play-by-play voice when the NBA returns to NBC and debuts on Peacock this fall.
Gannon has been with NBC Sports since 2010, when he joined GOLF Channel to work on its coverage of the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour. Since then, Gannon has regularly announced golf for NBC Sports, including this weekend’s The Open Championship from Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on NBC, USA Network, and Peacock.
He has also worked seven Olympic Games for NBC Sports, where he’s called gymnastics (Paris, Tokyo), figure skating (Beijing, Sochi, PyeongChang), golf (Rio), and rowing and flatwater canoeing (London). As part of NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Gannon won a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event. He has also co-hosted the Closing Ceremonies for the Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, and PyeongChang Olympic Games.
“The first 25 years of my life were consumed with basketball and it’s where I got my start as an announcer,” said Gannon. “I am absolutely thrilled to return to calling hoops at the highest level and be a part of the legacy that is the NBA on NBC. I cannot wait for the season to get underway.”
While fans of a certain age only know Terry Gannon as a play-by-play announcer for these sports, they may not realize that his roots are in basketball. He was a member of the famous 1983 NC State national championship team coached by Jim Valvano. And he has called a number of basketball games throughout his career as both an analyst and a play-by-play announcer. In fact, he has worked college basketball for NBC and Peacock calling Big Ten games since the conference’s rights relationship began in recent years.
With all of NBC’s play-by-play voices for the NBA coming from in-house so far, expect Gannon to get plenty of reps while he, Tirico, and Eagle balance basketball with their other work at the network. The NBA on NBC broadcasting lineup is nearing completion, although we still may see a few more personalities added ahead of its relaunch this fall.