Brad Nessler

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Brad Nessler, as part of an NBA on ABC sports broadcast.

Brad Nessler (born June 3, 1956) is an American sportscaster who currently calls college basketball games for ESPN and ESPN on ABC and college football games for ESPN on ABC. Nessler's career with ESPN began in 1992 and expanded with the addition of ABC Sports assignments in 1997. From 2002-04, Nessler was a broadcaster for the NBA, including calling the 2003 NBA Finals. He appears annually as the play-by-play commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football.

Since 2006, Nessler has provided play-by-play for SEC games on Super Tuesday, alongside Jimmy Dykes or Dick Vitale and sideline reporter Heather Cox. The duo also covers Saturday afternoon games for ESPN on ABC during the regular college basketball season.

He began his professional broadcasting career sharing play-by-play radio duties with Al Ciraldo on Georgia Tech basketball on WGST-AM from 1980-81 through 1984-85, and handled the play-by-play for the Atlanta Falcons from 1982 to 1988 on WGST and WSB-AM before assuming the same position for the Minnesota Vikings during the 1988 and 1989 seasons. He has done play-by-play of ACC football and basketball for Jefferson Pilot telecasts. In 1990 and 1991, Nessler worked for CBS Sports, calling NFL games, college football, and college basketball (both men's and women's college basketball).^[1]

In 2006, Nessler teamed with Paul Maguire, Bob Griese, and Bonnie Bernstein on ABC's college football telecasts. On September 11, 2006, ESPN began its coverage of Monday Night Football with a Week 1 doubleheader. Nessler teamed with Ron Jaworski, Dick Vermeil, and Bonnie Bernstein to call the San Diego Chargers-Oakland Raiders game which was the second game of that Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN.

Nessler is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato and as of September 2006 serves on the board of directors for the university's alumni association.^[2]

Preceded by Marv Albert	Play-by-Play announcer, NBA Finals 2003	Succeeded by Al Michaels
Preceded by none	Play-by-Play announcer, Saturday Primetime 2005-2006	Succeeded by Dan Shulman

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