Dan Hicks, the longtime voice of golf for NBC Sports, died on Wednesday after an acute illness, the network and his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, announced on Thursday. He was 64.
Hicks spent more than three decades at NBC, joining the network in 1992 and becoming its lead golf play-by-play announcer in 2000. He anchored the network's PGA Tour coverage for a quarter of a century, called the U.S. Open and the Ryder Cup, and also covered Olympic swimming and skiing and Notre Dame football, returning as the lead play-by-play voice for Notre Dame in 2024.
He was behind the microphone for some of the most famous moments in modern golf, including Tiger Woods' dramatic putt to force a playoff at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, and the U.S. men's swimming team's stunning comeback to win gold in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won a Sports Emmy as part of NBC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Hicks was scheduled to call this weekend's Notre Dame game against Boston College alongside analyst Jason Garrett and sideline reporter Caroline Pineda. "Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan following an acute illness," Storm said in a statement.
A native of Tucson, Arizona, Hicks graduated from the University of Arizona in 1984 and began his broadcasting career at CNN in 1989 before moving to NBC. He is survived by Storm, his wife of more than 30 years, and their three daughters.
