Carter Blackburn and former Alabama coach Mark Gottfried will call Saturday’s game for the SEC Network. Here is a bio on each announcer.
Carter Blackburn is in his second year as play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports’ NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship coverage. Blackburn has called regular-season basketball games for CBS Sports for the past two years. Blackburn, has served as play-by-play announcer for CBS College Sports Network since 2003, calling college football, college basketball and college baseball, as well as other events for the network.
In 2008, he served as host for CBS College Sports Network’s Final Four coverage from San Antonio. Prior to joining CBS College Sports Network, Blackburn worked for ISP Sports and Fox Sports South in Winston-Salem, handling a variety of radio and television duties. A native of Kerrville, Texas, Blackburn began his broadcasting career at an early age, announcing Tivy High School games on local radio station KERV, by the time he was 17.
Blackburn graduated from Syracuse University in 2001 and served as play-by-play announcer for football, basketball and lacrosse broadcasts on WAER-AM and Syracuse University Radio Network. Carter currently resides in Austin, Texas with is wife Karen.
Mark Gottfried has a career record of 278-155 for a winning percentage of .642 in 14 seasons. He coached the Alabama Crimson Tide at the University of Alabama from 1998 to 2009. His career started promising. The team appeared at five consecutive [URL=”http://www.nationofblue.com/ncaa”][COLOR=#003366]NCAA[/COLOR][/URL] Tournaments starting in 2002. In 2005, he signed a six-year contract with Alabama.
Gottfried married Elizabeth Kozel in 1988. He has five children. Gottfried’s father, Joe Gottfried, is the Director of Athletics at the University of South Alabama. He now has a contract with SEC TV and ESPNU and does color commentating.
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