Legendary NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks passed away on Wednesday.
He was 64.
“Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan following an acute illness. He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many,” his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, said.
“His loss is immeasurable,” she added.
“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,” Storm continued.
“Our three daughters and I are heartbroken. We are grateful for the love and support surrounding our family during this incredibly difficult time,” she added.
ESPN shared further:
Hicks has been NBC Sports’ lead play-by-play announcer on its PGA Tour coverage since 2000. He has anchored the network’s golf coverage of the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and the U.S. Women’s Open.
Hicks covered 16 Olympics, 15 as a play-by-play announcer, starting with the 1992 Barcelona Games. Most recently, he was the Alpine skiing play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports at the Milan Cortina Games this year.
He has also been the lead play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports’ coverage of Notre Dame football since 2024. This was Hicks’ seventh season calling the Fighting Irish’s games, as he also did so previously from 2013 to 2016.
Hicks, who joined NBC Sports in 1992, won a Sports Emmy for his work with NBC Sports on the 2024 Paris Games.
“Dan Hicks was an extraordinary colleague, friend and person. In his 34 years at NBC Sports, he was an exceptional storyteller and caller of games and events who elevated some of the biggest moments in sports history,” NBC Sports president Rick Cordella, executive producer Sam Flood and executive producer Molly Solomon said in a statement.
“… Dan’s blend of knowledge, style, enthusiasm and humor informed and entertained fans for decades. But far beyond his on-air excellence, Dan was a better person who welcomed teammates with a smile, a joke, or a word of encouragement, sometimes all three in the same sentence.”
Before joining NBC Sports, Hicks had been a sports anchor for CNN beginning in 1989.
“We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Dan Hicks, a respected voice in sports broadcasting and husband of ESPN anchor Hannah Storm,” ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said.
“Hannah is a cherished member of the ESPN family, and our hearts are with her, their three daughters and all who knew and loved Dan, including his NBC colleagues, during this incredibly difficult time. We extend our deepest condolences and stand alongside Hannah and her family,” he continued.
“Dan Hicks was an extraordinary colleague, friend and person. In his 34 years at NBC Sports, he was an exceptional storyteller and caller of games and events who elevated some of the biggest moments in sports history. From Olympic swimming and skiing to Notre Dame football, numerous other high profile events and especially as the signature voice of our golf coverage for the last 26 years, Dan’s blend of knowledge, style, enthusiasm and humor informed and entertained fans for decades,” NBC Sports wrote on X.
“But far beyond his on-air excellence, Dan was a better person who welcomed teammates with a smile, a joke, or a word of encouragement, sometimes all three in the same sentence. Our heartfelt condolences and love to his wife Hannah and his daughters Hannah, Ellery and Riley,” it added.
Dan Hicks was an extraordinary colleague, friend and person. In his 34 years at NBC Sports, he was an exceptional storyteller and caller of games and events who elevated some of the biggest moments in sports history.
From Olympic swimming and skiing to Notre Dame football,…
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November 12, 2026
USA TODAY has more:
The play-by-play announcer called iconic moments in golf, college football, and the Olympics, including the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, when the U.S. men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay swimming team, led by Michael Phelps, made one of the greatest comebacks in Olympic history to set a world record and take home the gold medal.
Hicks, a native of Tucson, Arizona, won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event category as part of NBC’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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