Derrin Horton Biography
Derrin Horton is a sportscaster from Los Angeles, California. Horton joined NFL Network at the start of the 2004 NFL season and is now an anchor, reporter, and host.
How old is Derrin Horton? – Age
Derrin was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in New York City. His date of birth is not revealed.
Derrin Horton Wife
He is married to Elice Horton. The couple married in 2015.
Derrin Horton Education
Derrin earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and a master’s degree in political philosophy from Syracuse University. At Syracuse, he became a member of the renowned student radio station WAER Radio, where he learned the art of play-by-play. During college, he interned and worked at CBS Sports, WFAN Radio, WCBS-TV, WTVH-TV, and WSTM-TV, where he gained valuable writing and production experience.
Derrin Horton Net Worth
His net worth is estimated to be $1.7 Million.
Derrin Horton Career
Derrin has hosted, anchored, reported, and called play-by-play for some of America’s largest sports networks for the past 22 years. Horton has hosted a number of NFL Network studio shows since 2004, including “NFL Total Access,” “Point After,” “College Football Now,” and “Path to the Draft.” Derrin has reported from the sidelines for all NFL Network productions, including “NFL GameDay Morning” and “NFL Total Access on Location,” in addition to hosting.
He spent the previous five years at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, where he anchored “Sports Central” and was the primary feature reporter for Channel 9’s coverage of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. Derrin’s genuine passion is telling stories, and he won an Emmy for his coverage of the Special Olympics while at KCAL. Following his graduation from Syracuse, he began his professional career as a radio broadcaster for WHBC-AM in Canton, Ohio. Six months later, he relocated to Greensboro, North Carolina, to host “Black College Sports Today,” and to WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he covered Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, and NC State football and basketball, as well as the NASCAR circuit.
After two years in North Carolina, he packed his belongings and moved to the Midwest to anchor weekend sports for WLWT-TV, Cincinnati’s NBC affiliate. From there, he went to Fox affiliate WFLD-TV in Chicago, where he hosted all of the Chicago Bears programming and covered Michael Jordan’s return to the Bulls. The next stop was St. Louis’ KDNL-TV, where he covered the Rams’ inaugural season in Missouri as well as Mark McGwire’s record-breaking home run chase with the Cardinals.
Derrin relocated to Los Angeles in September 1998 and began working for Fox Sports Net as a sideline reporter on the Conference USA package. As a play-by-play announcer for ESPN, he eventually began calling college football and basketball. He’s also worked as a sideline reporter for CBS Sports’ “The Road to the Final Four” and NBC Sports’ “Bayou Classic” coverage, as well as calling games for ABC Sports, NFL Network, and Fox Sports Net’s coverage of NFL Europe.