One of the most recognizable sports personalities in the Bay Area, Bob Fitzgerald is currently in his 14th season as television play-by-play announcer for the Warriors. In addition to announcing Warriors games on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Fitzgerald will also continue to maintain an active role on the “Warriors Weekly Radio Show” and post game radio shows throughout the basketball season. Since his arrival, the Warriors broadcast team has received nine nominations and won two Emmys for “Best Live Sports Broadcast,” the initial two for the organization. Fitzgerald has previously received four Emmy nominations for “Best On-Camera” and was awarded the 2007 Emmy for “Best On- Camera, Play-by-Play Sports” for Northern California.
Fitzgerald is well known throughout the Bay Area sports scene. Currently a co-host of the popular “Fitz and Brooks” show from 12:00 – 3:00pm on KNBR 680, Bob has 15 years of talk show service on the Warriors flagship station. For the last 14 years, Fitzgerald has been the television and radio voice for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League and spent six years as the play-by-play voice for ESPN’s NBA Basketball video game series. Fitz also wrote a column for the Oakland Tribune and ANG Newspapers for seven years.
On a national basis, Fitzgerald currently calls NFL and college football games for CBS radio/ Westwood One and Sports USA Radio. This summer, Fitzgerald will call all of the basketball for NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2012 London Summer Olympic. His past Olympic involvement includes the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics (Water Polo), 2004 Summer Olympics (Team USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball), the 1996 Summer Olympics (Swimming) as well as network television NFL broadcasts for NBC Sports. He also called the NBA Development League Finals series for Versus in 2010. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Fitzgerald also received his Masters Degree in Sports Management from The Ohio State University. While at Notre Dame, he worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fighting Irish football and basketball on campus radio station WVFI.