Mark Followill is an American

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, currently for

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, covering

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, soccer and football.

Career

Early in his career, Followill worked in various positions at KTCK The Ticket in Dallas including as host of ''The Ender.'' He still makes regular contributions to the station. He also had a stint at

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in Oklahoma City.

Basketball

Followill is the television play-by-play voice for the Dallas Mavericks, a position he's held since 2005. He and analyst

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won a Lone Star Emmy award in 2014 for their work on Mavericks broadcasts. Followill had previously been the radio play-by-play voice for the Mavericks on 103.3 ESPN Radio from 2001 to 2005. He won the Katie Award for Best Play-by-Play Sportscast in 2002 and the Texas

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Award for Best Play-by-Play Broadcast in 2004 and 2005.

Soccer

Followill is also the television play-by-play announcer for

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. In 2012, he began calling FCD games except when they conflicted with his responsibilities with the Mavericks. His work with FC Dallas gained the attention of

, who named him as one of their announcers for

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. Later that summer, he was named as one of the announcers for

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's coverage of soccer at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2017, Fox named him part of their team covering that year's

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. He has also called

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, and

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action for Fox. Followill was also an announcer for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Football

Followill also announces play-by-play action for college football telecasts for

. Earlier in his career, he was the play-by-play announcer for the SMU football team.

Personal life

Followill is a native of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. He graduated from Northwest High School in

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. He attended the

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, but left to pursue his broadcasting career. In 2020, after 3 years of resuming course work, Mark Followill graduated from North Texas with a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree.

References

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