Dan Hoard is an American radio and television sportscaster who calls games for the

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with

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. He is also the play-by-play announcer for

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Bearcats football and men's basketball games.

Early life and education

Hoard grew up in

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and attended Southwestern Central High School. He graduated from

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in 1985. At Syracuse, he was good friends with

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Career

He began his broadcasting career as the radio voice of the

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of the Minor League Baseball. He transitioned into television as the sports director at

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in Syracuse before moving to

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in Cincinnati in 1995. In 2000, Hoard added University of Cincinnati football and basketball radio play-by-play duties and soon also began hosting the

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TV pregame show on Fox Sports Ohio. In 2006, Hoard returned to baseball play-by-play broadcasting as the TV/radio voice of the

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. In 2011, he moved back to Cincinnati when he was hired to replace Brad Johansen as the radio voice of the Bengals.

Awards

Hoard was named the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020 by the

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(NSMA). He was inducted into the University of Cincinnati James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019 and the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. The minor league baseball broadcaster in the

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episode of

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is named Dan Hoard. The episode was written by Ken Levine, Dan's former broadcasting partner with the Syracuse Chiefs.

References

External links

Bio
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Personal blogInside the Bearcats Podcast 2013
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