Dan Hicks, NBC’s lead golf broadcaster, dies at 64

NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks died at 64 after an acute illness, his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, announced on 12 November. Storm described his death as sudden and unexpected.

Hicks had been NBC Sports' lead play-by-play announcer for PGA Tour golf since 2000. He covered 16 Olympics, starting at Barcelona in 1992, and called events as they happened at 15 of them, ESPN said.

Hicks won a Sports Emmy for his work with NBC Sports on the 2024 Paris Olympics.

From Tucson to the Olympics

A Tucson, Arizona, native, Hicks began in radio and worked as a weekend sports anchor at local NBC affiliate KVOA. He became a CNN sports anchor in 1989 and joined NBC Sports in 1992.

His Olympic calls included the United States' comeback win over France in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Games, when he exclaimed, “Unbelievable at the end!” His most recent Olympic assignment was Alpine skiing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Hicks also called Notre Dame football for NBC from 2013 through 2016, returning as lead announcer in 2024.

Colleagues remember Hicks

NBC Sports president Rick Cordella and executive producers Sam Flood and Molly Solomon called Hicks an exceptional storyteller and an encouraging colleague. They said his knowledge, style, enthusiasm and humor informed and entertained fans.

Storm said Hicks was a devoted husband of more than 30 years and a loving father to their three daughters, Hannah, Ellery and Riley, who survive him along with Storm.