- Wes Durham
Dallas Wesley "Wes" Durham (born
January 25 ,1966 inGreensboro, North Carolina ) is an Americansportscaster . He has been the radioplay-by-play announcer forGeorgia Tech football, men's basketball and baseball teams since the start of the 1995-1996 season, and is known as "The Voice of the Yellow Jackets."cite web|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2002-03-01/sports/4|title=The Technique: Durham travels from roller rink to gridiron|accessdate=2007-03-29] He is also Georgia Tech's Director of Broadcasting [cite web|url=http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=566|title=Van Note, Strom Join Durham on Football Broadcasts|accessdate=2007-03-29] and the radio play-by-play announcer for theAtlanta Falcons .Biography
Early life
Durham's father,
Woody Durham , is the legendary and long-time "Voice of the Tar Heels" for theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . [cite web|url=http://gmc_93.legendarymarketing.com/?page=5198|title=Golf Styles Atlanta: Dueling Frequencies|accessdate=2007-03-29] Growing up in that environment gave Wes the opportunity to see behind the scenes of sports and sports broadcasting.Wes worked as a
disc jockey for a roller rink and for aradio station during high school. He then went toElon College and learned about broadcasting while working as an undergraduate assistant on the Elon Sports Network. After graduating in 1988, he had stints as the radio announcer for the athletic teams atMarshall University andRadford University . He then spent three years at Vanderbilt.Georgia Tech
Wes came to
Georgia Tech in the fall of 1995. In 1997, he was also named Tech's Director of Broadcasting. Durham is normally paired with former Georgia Tech and NFL quarterback Rick Strom in football and Atlanta TV sports reporterRandy Waters on basketball. Particularly known is his statement upon Calvin Johnson's game-winning catch against Clemson in a 2004 game: [cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9vbXISRCw|title=Wes Durham's call of Calvin Johnson's game-winning catch against Clemson in 2004.|accessdate=2007-03-29]NFL
Beginning with the 2004
NFL season, Durham also took on the radio play-by-play duties for theAtlanta Falcons in addition to his responsibilities atGeorgia Tech .References
External links
* [http://www.ramblinwreck.com/ Official Georgia Tech athletics website.]
* [http://www.atlantafalcons.com/ Official Atlanta Falcons website.]
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