Dan Patrick Biography
Dan Patrick is a sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from the United States. He is the host of The Dan Patrick Show, which is aired on Premiere Radio Networks and streamed on Peacock. He is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and co-hosted NBC’s Football Night in America. He spent 18 years at ESPN, where he frequently hosted the evening and Sunday 11 p.m. editions of SportsCenter.
How old is Dan Patrick? – Age – What was Dan Patrick’s real name?
He is 66 years old as of 15 May 2023. He was born in 1957 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. His real name is Daniel Patrick Pugh.
Dan Patrick Family – Education
Dan grew up in Mason, Ohio, in a family of six children, and was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He played basketball in high school at William Mason High School, where he set a single-game personal best of 36 points and was named to the AP Class AA All-Ohio third team. He received his diploma in 1974.
He received a basketball scholarship to Eastern Kentucky University for two years before moving to the University of Dayton, where he majored in communications. Patrick is a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity’s Eta Hexaton chapter at Dayton. Dan’s father, Jack, worked in the computer science department at UD until his death from cancer in 1981, when he was 24 years old.
Dan Patrick Wife
Patrick met his wife, Susan White, at CNN, when she was a producer on CNN’s Inside Politics. They are the parents of three daughters and one son.
Dan Patrick Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Dan Patrick Podcast
Patrick inked a syndication agreement with Chicago-based Content Factory, and his new edition of The Dan Patrick Show premiered on October 1, 2007. Premiere Radio Networks released it nationally. The show broadcast live on most stations from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern time, while other stations delayed it until the evening. Sirius XM Sports Nation on Sirius Radio channel 122 and XM Radio channel 143 broadcasted the show delayed. Patrick’s website also had a live broadcast and a podcast of the event.
Dan Patrick’s show replaced Out of Bounds with Craig Shemon and James Washington on Premiere Radio’s Fox Sports Radio network in January 2009. This added 60 affiliates to Patrick’s portfolio, bringing the total number of affiliates to almost 200. It also allows SiriusXM Radio subscribers to hear the show live on channel 247 of the Fox Sports simulcast.
The Dan Patrick episode debuted on The 101 Network in August 2009, following a DIY Network episode in which a toy-filled “man cave” studio was erected in Milford, Connecticut. Patrick’s attic had been used to produce the radio-only show. “The Danettes” help Dan Patrick with the program on The Dan Patrick program.
On June 1, 2011, The Dan Patrick Show became the first show to appear on the Audience Network, DirecTV’s renamed version of The 101 Network, on DirecTV channel 239, where it remained until February 2020.
In October 2007, Sports Illustrated announced that Patrick will become the magazine’s senior writer. In addition, he would write blogs for SI.com’s “Fan Nation” and emcee the magazine’s Sportsman of the Year presentation. SI works with Content Factory to create Patrick’s website and to webcast his radio show. Patrick has said that he will only develop non-television material for Sports Illustrated. In October 2010, The Dan Patrick Show began simulcasting on Root Sports, and in November 2012, it began simulcasting on NBC Sports Network.
Dan Patrick Sports Jeopardy!
Patrick was revealed as the presenter of Sports Jeopardy!, a sports-themed variation of Jeopardy! that airs on Crackle on April 29, 2014. The show premiered on September 24, 2014, with special guest Alex Trebek giving the Final Jeopardy! clue in the third episode. The show’s final episode aired on December 7, 2016.
Dan Patrick ESPN
Patrick was an anchor on ESPN’s SportsCenter from 1989 to 2006 and facilitated The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio from 1999 to 2007. He worked with Dan and Keith Olbermann, who utilized the expression “Welcome to the Huge Show” mockingly. After Olbermann left, Patrick said, “This is SportsCenter any longer.” He expressed that the ABC sitcom Sports Night was a semi-fictitious record of the Olbermann/Patrick secured SportsCenter.
Patrick turned into the host of ABC’s NBA Country from Walk 19, 2006, until the last round of the NBA Finals. On July 9, 2007, Patrick reported his takeoff from ESPN/ABC viable August 17, 2007, expressing that he would pass on ESPN to go out all alone and be a free specialist. ESPN attempted to work him out of it, however Patrick said he wouldn’t be keeping close by until August.
Patrick stayed off air from ESPN Radio until August 15, for his three goodbye shows. ESPN’s assertion delivered to the media said Patrick would be let out of his agreement August 31, 2007, precisely one year ahead of schedule from his arrangement that was to run until August 31, 2008. The assertion likewise expressed that ESPN legally restricts all representatives from making explicit declarations of their prospects on their wireless transmissions, however permitted Patrick a potential chance to end hypothesis.
Dan Patrick, previous ESPN have, confronted bits of hearsay and analysis on the web about his takeoff and future. On July 10, 2007, the Dan Patrick Show, Keith Olbermann, and Patrick set out to settle the bits of gossip. Patrick affirmed being requested by makers from The Value Is More right than wrong to try out for the empty host position, however declined. The occupation in the end went to Drew Carey. Patrick conceded to being harmed when Sports Outlined essayist Rick Reilly expressed, “Patrick was making one of the main 5 greatest profession botches in diversion history.” Keith Olbermann expressed that it was inevitable before a site mistakenly detailed Patrick was terminated from ESPN. Patrick expressed he was leaving friendly with ESPN and could return in the event that he decided. He needed to be on both TV and radio once more, albeit a few papers revealed he simply needed to do radio.
On his new show, Patrick frequently relates stories of his ESPN vocation, both positive and negative. He communicated dissatisfaction with ESPN’s act of keeping their ability from showing up on his show and disappointment when an ESPN worker had consented to come on the show just to drop. Patrick was likewise condemning of current ESPN shows and characters for taking substance from his show.
On August 17, 2007, Patrick’s keep going day on ESPN Radio was set apart by the “Goodbye for the time being” visit, highlighting visitors like Weave Costas, Bobby Knight, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ken Griffey Jr., and Will Ferrell in character as Ron Burgundy.