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Nathaniel George Terence Coombs (born August 1977) is a British television and radio presenter, and writer.
Education
Coombs was educated at the boys' independent school
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is a 2–19 independent, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...
in
Dulwich
Dulwich (; ) is an area in south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth, and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, and the Southwark half of ...
,
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames. The region consists of the Districts of England, boroughs, in whole or in part, of London Borough of Bexley, Bexley, London Borough of Bromley, Bromley, London Borou ...
, and at
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
.
Sports television and radio
Coombs is primarily a sports presenter — specialising in football and US Sports – and has worked with
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
,
Channel 5,
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
,
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
, Bleacher Report,
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
and
Talksport.
American football
In 2007 he began presenting
Channel 5's live
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coverage, alongside Mike Carlson broadcasting all ''
Sunday Night Football'' and some ''
Monday Night Football
''ESPN Monday Night Football'' (abbreviated as ''MNF'' and also known as ''ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC'' for simulcasts) is an American live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games currently airing on ESPN, AB ...
'' games. He hosted Channel 5 coverage between 2007-2010 and also co-presented ''NFL: UK'', a weekly magazine show, also on Channel 5 that was shown on Saturday mornings, alongside
Trevor Nelson
Trevor Ricardo Nelson, MBE (born 7 January 1964) is an English DJ and presenter.
Early life
Born in the London Borough of Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School (now known as Central ...
and
Natalie Pinkham
Natalie Jane Pinkham (born 20 September 1977) is a British television presenter and Formula One pit lane reporter for Sky Sports F1, having held the same post for BBC Radio 5 Live in 2011. She is also known for hosting '' Police Interceptors Spe ...
.
After Channel 5 ended its US Sport coverage Coombs moved to Channel 4 in 2012 when it became the home of NFL on UK TV where he hosted NFL Live on
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
every Sunday night alongside
Mike Carlson
Michael Carlson (born March 12, 1951) is a pundit of National Football League (NFL) coverage in the United Kingdom. He worked on Channel Five's coverage of the sport from 1998–2010 and Channel 4's coverage of the sport from 2010-2015. He wa ...
, the NFL International Series Games and Super Bowl, and The American Football Show every Saturday Morning alongside
Vernon Kay
Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English television and radio presenter, and former model. He presented Channel 4's ''T4'' (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV, including ''All Star Family Fortunes'' (2 ...
.
When Channel 4 dropped the NFL after the 2015 Super Bowl, the BBC agreed to a TV deal with the NFL and Coombs has hosted the live International Series coverage in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019.
In 2013, he joined commercial UK Sports Radio station
TalkSport as an anchor, where he has hosted various shows including The NFL Show, Kick Off, Football First, Transfer Tavern and The European Football Show.
Prior to joining TalkSport, Coombs presented
MLB
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
coverage (including the
World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...
) on
BBC Radio
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, where he was the regular host of the weekly MLB show between 2010–2013.
In 2013, he presented a range of football coverage for the global football site Goal.com and in June 2014 began work with
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
fronting much of its football video content, including a daily World Cup show which took a satirical look back at the previous night's action.
As one of ESPN UK's main live studio hosts between 2010-2013, he presented the live studio football show
Talk of the Terrace ''Talk of the Terrace'' is a British ESPN Magazine show hosted on Mondays between 6.30-8.00pm during the football season.
Presenters
The first series was hosted by BBC Sport presenter Mark Chapman and former Sky Sports and Setanta host Kelly Cat ...
in its various formats, as well as being the regular anchor for the channel's live
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
studio coverage. He has also anchored live football coverage from
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
and
Ligue 1
Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
. Coombs often interviews players and provides features for other
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
football output and presented ESPN's coverage of the 2012 and 2013 World Darts Championships.
Coombs & Carlson were also part of the
Americarnage podcast which they co-hosted, along with comedian
Dan Louw
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
, from 2011 to 2016. The show has nominated twice in the Podcast Awards (2011 & 2013) under the "Best Sports" category and has been featured on the frontpage of
iTunes
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. He also hosted the
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
#C4NFL : The Extra Yard weekly podcast and in 2018 launched The NFL Show with Nat Coombs podcast.
He has worked on many television and radio shows as a
talking head or panelist and writes a weekly NFL column for
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
.
Darts
In 2018/2019 he presented Eurosport's coverage of the BDO World Darts Championship.
Comedy and writing
He began his career as a stand up comedian and was a semi-finalist at the
BBC New Comedy Awards
The BBC New Comedy Award first took place in 1995, and it is considered to be one of the top UK comedy newcomer awards.
It was axed in 2006, being replaced by a nationwide talent hunt that places its emphasis on sketch writing and filmed perform ...
and a runner-up of ''Stand-up Britain'' on
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
. He was also a Regional Finalist of the
Jongleurs J20 competition and a Semi-finalist in both the Amused Moose & Laughing Horse New Act competitions. Early in his career appeared on the
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Radio comedy program 'Spanking New' alongside comedians including