Kate Scott is an American sportscaster who is currently the television play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. Scott also calls international soccer for Fox Sports[3] and CBS Sports[4] and is the preseason television voice of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.[5]
In June 2024, it was announced that Scott would be one of four new commentators—and the first woman—to join the Madden video game franchise.[6] She and broadcast partner Brock Huard are one of three options for commentary teams in Madden NFL 25.[7]
Scott is the only woman – and one of a select few play-by-play voices regardless of gender – to have called games for the NBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA D1 football, the Olympics, and a FIFA World Cup.[8]
After graduating college, Scott soon joined Metro Networks, where she was a reporter, producer, and anchor, doing traffic, news, and sports updates for a number of Bay Area radio stations[11][14] including KSFO-AM, KFRC-AM, KCBS-AM, KFOG-FM, and KNBR-AM.[9] During that time, she also did on-screen television reporting for Cal football for CSN California and hosted Cal football's postgame radio show on KGO 810.[9]
She joined KNBR - the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and Stanford football radio flagship - full-time in 2011 where she provided sports updates for their morning and midday shows and filled in as a substitute host.[15] She also served as a television sideline reporter for the San Jose Earthquakes,[12][16][13] reported for the San Jose Giants minor league team,[9] called high school football for Comcast, and anchored Saturday night sports for NBC Bay Area.[16][11]
In August 2016, Scott became the first woman to call an NFL game on the radio.[11] She covered two preseason games for the San Francisco 49ers.[15]
In December 2016, she left KNBR to join the Pac-12 Network full-time to focus on play-by-play.[11] In 2017, she became the first woman to call a football game on the Pac-12 Network.[17] In addition to calling football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, softball, and volleyball, Scott also anchored, reported, and hosted the Network's award-winning features program "Our Stories".[18][16]
In October 2020, Scott joined KGMZ-FM (95.7 "The Game") as a co-host of their new morning show.[22][23] She continued to work with the Pac-12 Network.[16]
In March 2021, Scott became the first woman to call a Golden State Warriors game (and the first to do play-by-play of an NBA game on the radio) as she and sportscasters Mary Murphy, Kerith Burke, and Chiney Ogwumike covered the Warriors game against the Chicago Bulls.[1]
In June 2021, she became the first woman to call men’s Copa América and Gold Cup soccer matches for Fox Sports. The following month Scott provided play-by-play for the majority of the men's and women's basketball games at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in July 2021) on NBC and its family of networks.[24]
In August 2021, Scott left 95.7 "The Game" and joined analyst Mike Golic as the play-by-play voice for Learfield's newly launched brand "College Football Saturday Night." The duo visited Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma State, Colorado, South Carolina, Texas A&M and many more storied college football programs during their 13-week cross-country adventure to bring listeners a national game of the week.[25][26]
On September 23, 2021, it was announced that Scott would become the television play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers, replacing the retiring Marc Zumoff. She became the second woman to do a full-time play-by-play role for a major men's professional sports team, after Lisa Byington for the Milwaukee Bucks.[27][28]
Personal life
While she was an intern with KLLC, Scott met and later married her wife Nicole in San Francisco.[29][30] They have a pit bull named Piper, who is a rescue.[11]
Although she is not religious, Scott says that she was raised in the Jewish faith and culture by her mother. Scott is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California.[31]
