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Dari Nowkhah
Dari Nowkhah
	Nowkhah doing a read ahead of the 2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic
Born	Darius Behzad Nowkhah; June 23, 1976 (age 48); Tulsa, Oklahoma
Education	University of Oklahoma '98
Title	SEC Network Lead Anchor
Website	ESPN bio

Dari Nowkhah, reading a report on the sideline of Allegiant Stadium before the 2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic for the SEC Network as members of Cirque du Soleil's Mad Apple and commentator Jordan Rodgers dance.

Darius Behzad "Dari" Nowkhah (born June 23, 1976) is the lead anchor at SEC Network, an American sports television network. On August 21, 2014, The SEC Network began airing, and Nowkhah was chosen to be the head anchor. Nowkhah hosts extensive college football and college basketball programming for the collegiate network. Nowkhah also provides play-by-play for the network's college basketball and college baseball coverage.

Nowkhah's move to ESPNU's Charlotte, NC headquarters came after seven years in Bristol, CT where he hosted a variety of shows for ESPN. Among the shows Nowkhah hosted were SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight and College Football Live.

He fills in as a host on a variety of other ESPN Radio programs. Before working at ESPN, Nowkhah worked at KCFW-TV in Kalispell, Montana as well as KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska and KOTV in Tulsa.^[1]

Nowkhah graduated from Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma,^[2] and then from the University of Oklahoma in 1998^[3] with a degree in broadcast journalism.

Personal life

Nowkhah and wife Jenn have four children.^[4] On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, Dari announced his infant son, Hayden, died from complications arising from myocarditis, a viral infection that compromised the heart. Nowkhah and his wife have since set up Hayden's Hope, a foundation dedicated to helping families cover expenses due to their children's organ transplants.^[4]

Nowkhah is the son of Cy Nowkhah, a 1975 University of Tulsa graduate who immigrated to the United States from Iran in 1969.^[5]