Eric Collins Hornets Bio Wiki Age Height Wife Salary and Net Worth
Eric Collins is an American sportscaster. He currently serves as the play-by-play sports announcer. Eric is the voice of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets on Bally Sports South. Eric has other broadcasting experience such as a play-by-play for NBC Sports where he covered the USA Baseball team during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Also, he called ESPN’s coverage of Women’s College World Series games (WCWS in 2005 and 2006), college baseball and softball Super Regional tournaments, college football, and college basketball. Eric also served as a part-time announcer for the Chicago White Sox in 2004 and 2008. He as well worked in Minor League Baseball for the Schaumburg Flyers as well as Rochester Red Wings.
He was born on June 16, 1969, in Cleveland, Ohio,United States of America. Eric is53 years old.
He is a man of above-average stature. Eric stands at the height of5 ft 9 in ( Approx 1.75m).
He was brought into this world by his parents on June 16, 1969, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. Despite his tv personality that has driven him big-name as a sportscaster, Eric still manages to maintain all his family information below the radar.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University. Later, Eric enrolled for a master’s degree at Syracuse University.
Currently, Eric is the voice of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets on Bally Sports South. The American sportscaster is well known to his fans for extreme and exciting calls during Hornets games in the 2020-2021 season. From 1997 to 2002, Eric served as a sideline reporter for Chicago Bulls broadcasts. Eric and his partner Michele Smith have broadcast every game of the World Cup of Softball on ESPN since its inception in 2005.
The Big Ten Network announced in August 2010, that Eric would handle play-by-play duties in college football and basketball. Currently, he also does play-by-play announcing for Fox College Hoops. On November 26, 2019, Eric was also the announcer for the famous Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks men’s basketball win over Duke that was held at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
His enthusiastic play-by-play style has made him a favorite among MBA fans. Eric filled in forMike Tiricoin 2002 on College Football on ABC where he worked along with analyst Irving Fryar. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the part-time tv voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers where he replaced Dodger radio voice Charley Steiner, who served as the team’s play-by-play announcer on-road telecasts east of Denver.
On August 27, 2015, Eric was named the new tv play-by-play announcer for the Charlotte Hornets where he took over from Steve Martin after the latter returned to his original role as the team’s radio play-by-play voice. Eric was joined by former Hornet Dell Curry and Stephanie Ready who became the NBA’s first full-time female analyst. In 2021, Eric, long-time TBTR analyst Fran Fraschilla called the play-by-play during the 2021 TBT (The Basketball Tournament).
In April 2021, Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges sent team broadcaster Eric into hysterics after his vicious dunk over Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela. Most of the fans called that a “Dunk of the Year candidate.” Bridges may have matched Eric’s previous dunk 4 games later, and he once again went nuts.
He earns his income from his current job as the play-by-play sports announcer. Eric has an average salary of$70,174 per year.
He has accumulated good wealth from his journalism career. Eric has an estimated net worth of$1, 007,835 per year
Eric is an American sportscaster. He currently serves as the play-by-play sports announcer. Eric is the voice of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets on Bally Sports South. Eric has other broadcasting experience such as a play-by-play for NBC Sports where he covered the USA Baseball team during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Eric is a 53-year-old American sports announcer who was born on June 16, 1969, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
He is a man of above-average stature who stands at the height of5 ft 9 in ( Approx 1.75m).
