Jim Brandstatter Biography
Jim Brandstatter is a sports announcer from the United States. He is the Michigan Wolverines football team’s radio play-by-play announcer. He worked as a color commentator for the Detroit Lions for 31 years, until the 2017 season ended.
How old is Jim Brandstatter? -Age
He is 71 years old as of 19 June 2021. He was born in 1950 in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. His real name is James Patrick Brandstatter.
Jim Brandstatter Family – Education
He was one of five brothers. In 1936, his father, Art Brandstatter, Sr., was awarded an All-American fullback for the Michigan State Spartans. His father went on to become a police officer in Detroit. He was the Dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. He was then promoted to the position of Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. Art Brandstatter, Jr., Jim’s older brother, was a defensive end for the Spartans from 1959 to 1961. Despite his family’s history at MSU, Jim Brandstatter chose to attend the University of Michigan, an in-state competitor.
Jim Brandstatter Wife
He is married to Robbie Timmons, who he met while working at WILX-TV. She was the first woman to anchor the evening news in the United States in 1972. She worked for WILX-TV in Lansing, Michigan, from 1972 to 1976. Timmons came to WXYZ-TV in 1982, where she co-anchored newscasts with Carolyn Clifford and Bill Bonds. In 2010, Timmons announced her retirement, and her final show was on October 14 of that year.
Jim Brandstatter Book
Tales from Michigan Stadium (released in 2002) and Tales from Michigan Stadium: Volume II (issued in 2007) are two nonfiction books about the Michigan Wolverines football team. In the sports category, both books were bestsellers.
Jim Brandstatter WEYI-TV
Brandstatter was employed as the sports director of WEYI-TV in the Flint / Tri-Cities area after graduating from the University of Michigan in 1972. Brandstatter worked as the sports director for WILX-TV in the Lansing/Jackson area in 1975. After two and a half years, Brandstatter relocated to Detroit to work for WDIV as a sports producer.
Brandstatter became the anchor of Michigan Replay, a weekly half-hour discussion, interview, and highlights program on Michigan Wolverines football, while working at WDIV in 1980. Bo Schembechler, his former head coach, was featured in the first episode. Former head coaches Gary Moeller and Lloyd Carr were eventually added. The show’s name was changed to “Inside Michigan Football with Coach Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke” in 2008.
Inside Michigan Football continues with Jim Harbaugh, the head coach of the Wolverines. Brandstatter is still the show’s original host after 30 years, and the show has expanded from being seen solely in Southeastern Michigan to being broadcast statewide on cable and satellite.
Did Jim Brandstatter play pro Football? – Did Jim Brandstatter play in the NFL?
From 1969 through 1972, he was an offensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines during Coach Bo Schembechler’s first three seasons as head coach. One of Brandstatter’s best recollections as a player occurred in a 1971 victory over Michigan State.
During his career at Michigan, Brandstatter was named to the All-Big Ten team in 1971 and appeared in two Rose Bowls. After going undrafted in the 1972 NFL Draft, Brandstatter joined the New England Patriots of the National Football League but was released during training camp in June. In August 1974, he joined the Midwest Football League’s Lansing All-Stars, where his brother Art was the head coach. In 1975, when the squad was renamed the Lansing Capitals, he was a member of the team.
Jim Brandstatter Radio
On the Michigan Wolverines Football Radio Network, Brandstatter teams up with color analyst Dan Dierdorf, sideline reporter Doug Karsch, and studio analyst Jon Jansen to call play-by-play of his alma mater’s football games. Brandy used to conduct a weekly college football radio show with Coach Bo Schembechler called Brandy and Bo. From 1987 through 2018, he broadcasted National Football League games for the Detroit Lions Radio Network. Aside from football, Jim has worked as a radio and television announcer for the Michigan Open Golf Championship.
Jim Brandstatter Salary
He earns an annual salary of $200 thousand.
Jim Brandstatter Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.