- Vince Cotroneo
Vince Cotroneo is a radio play-by-play announcer for the
Oakland Athletics . He signed a two-year contract with the A's onJanuary 13 ,2006 to fill a void in the broadcast booth left by the sudden death of longtime lead announcerBill King . Number-two announcerKen Korach would slide into King's old number-one slot, with Cotroneo serving as the number-two man.Biography
Vince Cotroneo was born in
Brooklyn, New York , and was raised inOrlando, Florida . He attended theUniversity of Central Florida , graduating in 1983 with a degree in Radio and Television.Minor-League Broadcasting Timeline
1984: Worked for the Class A Lynchburg Mets (
New York Mets organization - now defunct).1985-1987: Announcer for the Class AA
El Paso Diablos (formerlyMilwaukee Brewers organization).1988: Spent one season with the AAA
Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs organization), where he was named the National Association League's Minor League Announcer of the Year.1989-1990: Broadcaster for the
Tucson Toros , at the time a Triple-A affiliate of theHouston Astros . It was during this stint in the Pacific Coast League that he would meet his future Oakland broadcast partner,Ken Korach , at the time working for the Las Vegas Stars.Major-League Broadcasting Timeline
Cotroneo was hired by the Houston Astros in 1991, and remained with them through 1997, calling the action alongside Hall-of-Famer
Milo Hamilton . In 1998, he moved upstate to Arlington, where he called the action for the Texas Rangers for six years, teaming withEric Nadel on the radio side. After the 2003 season, Rangers president Michael Cramer elected not to renew Cotroneo's contract.After spending one year out of baseball, Cotroneo submitted a sample of his work to A's Vice President of Broadcasting and Communications,
Ken Pries . In December, Pries interviewed Cotroneo, and the following month, made the decision to hire him.Bibliography
"2006 Oakland Athletics Media Guide". Pg. 409. Produced by the Oakland Athletics Public Relations Department.
External links
* [http://www.athleticsnation.com/story/2006/2/5/235510/7697 Athletics Nation: Meet Vince Cotroneo]
* [http://athletics.scout.com/2/492340.html Scout.com: Q&A with A's Broadcaster Vince Cotroneo, Part 1]
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