Robert James Fitzgerald (born 1966)[2] is an American sports broadcaster who is currently the TVplay-by-play announcer for the NBA's Golden State Warriors on NBC Sports Bay Area[3] and was a co-host of the radio talk show Fitz and Brooks on KNBR with Rod Brooks.
Biography
Education
Born in Chicago, Fitzgerald moved to Foster City at age six in 1972. Fitzgerald graduated from Serra High School in nearby San Mateo and the University of Notre Dame. Fitzgerald also earned a master's degree in sports management from 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.[2]
KNBR
Fitzgerald gained notoriety on KNBR as the host of the 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. sports talk show, “Sportsphone 68."
Fitzgerald was a co-host of the Fitz and Brooks show from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on KNBR 680.
Golden State Warriors
Fitzgerald is currently in his 24th season as television play-by-play announcer for the Golden State Warriors. In addition to announcing 71 Warriors games on NBC Sports Bay Area, Fitzgerald also continues to maintain an active role on the "Warriors Weekly Roundtable" and postgame radio shows throughout the basketball season. Since his arrival, the Warriors broadcast team, including color commentator Jim Barnett, has received 12 nominations and won two Emmys for "Best Live Sports Broadcast," the initial two for the organization. Fitzgerald has previously received six Emmy nominations for "Best On-Camera" and was awarded the Emmy for "Best On-Camera, Play-by-Play Sports" for Northern California in 2007 and 2014.[3]
Fitzgerald also spent six years as the play-by-play voice for Sega Sports and ESPN's NBA Basketball (now NBA 2K) video game series.[3]
Fitzgerald was selected to be a play-by-play announcer for TNT and NBA TV's first round coverage of the 2020 NBA playoffs; he worked with Jim Jackson.[6][7]
^ abcReid, John (February 3, 2015). "Serra grad Bob Fitzgerald achieves broadcasting dream". Palo Alto Daily News. Retrieved May 15, 2015. When Bob Fitzgerald was 9 years old, he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. His family had just moved from Chicago to San Francisco. "The Golden State Warriors were playing the Chicago Bulls in the Western Conference finals in 1975," said Fitzgerald...