Longtime NBC Sports announcer, Tucson native Dan Hicks dies at 64

Longtime sportscaster Dan Hicks, an Arizona native, died Wednesday, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64.

Hicks died in Connecticut of an acute illness, according to his wife, ESPN host Hannah Storm. Hicks and Storm met when they both worked at CNN.

“Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan. … He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters and cherished friend to so many,” Storm said in a statement. “His loss is immeasurable.”

Dan Hicks started his career as a sports journalist in Tucson

Hicks, who was born in Tucson and graduated from the University of Arizona with a journalism degree, spent most of his career with NBC Sports.

He started out as a local radio and TV sports reporter and anchor in Tucson before moving to CNN in 1989. He joined NBC in 1992 and spent the rest of his career with the network.

“I’m incredibly lucky to stay at one place this long. It takes a lot of things going your way as far as NBC continuing to have the properties that I’ve been a part of through the years,” he said during an Associated Press interview in September. “So lots of variables, lots of things that can happen in your career. But I think I appreciate it more and more the longer it’s been.”

Dan Hicks called some of golf’s biggest events

Hicks was best known as NBC’s lead announcer for golf. He called multiple major events, including 27 U.S. Opens and 23 U.S. Women’s Opens.

Dan Hicks, longtime lead golf play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports, has died following an acute illness. He was 64.
 
Across three decades, Hicks provided the soundtrack to some of golf’s most memorable moments. The Arizona native joined NBC in 1992 and assumed the network’s… pic.twitter.com/eQWJPT0SGF

— PGA Tour (@PGATour) November 12, 2026

He also covered 16 Olympic Games and Notre Dame football for NBC. He was scheduled to work the Fighting Irish’s game Saturday against Boston College.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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