Dan Roberts is an American public addressannouncer best known for his work for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He has held this position since 1979, the entirety of the team's stay in Utah, and is the longest tenured PA announcer in the NBA.[1]
Throughout each Utah Jazz game, Roberts is known to address the Delta Center crowd by asking, "How 'bout this jazz?".[1] His favorite Jazz basketball player is Karl Malone, whose baskets he announced by saying, "The Mailman delivers!"
Dan's son, Jeremy, is also a PA Announcer, having worked for several professional and college teams since 1998. He fills in for Dan on the few occasions he misses a game; to date Dan has missed fewer than 10 games in 41 years as the Jazz announcer.