Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Celebrated Name: Dan Patrick
Real Name/Full Name: Daniel Patrick Pugh
Gender: Male
Age: 67 years old
Birth Date: 15 May 1956
Birth Place: Zanesville, Ohio, United States
Nationality: American
Height: 1.91 m
Weight: 70 kg
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Married
Wife/Spouse (Name): Susan Patrick
Children: Yes (Molly Patrick, Georgia Patrick, Grace Patrick, Jack Patrick)
Dating/Girlfriend
(Name):
N/A
Profession: American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor
Net Worth in 2024: $30  million
Last Updated: March 2024

Dan Patrick (original name: Daniel Patrick Pugh) is an American based sportscaster, actor, and radio personality, who is best recognised for working at ESPN for 18 years. Here, he has frequently done anchoring for the weeknight as well as Sunday 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.

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Early Life

Dan Patrick was born in the year 1956 to Patricia Joann and John Ambrose Pugh. His birthplace was Zanesville, situated inside Ohio, whereas he was brought up in Mason, in Ohio, northwards to Cincinnati. He is born as one out of six kids of his parents.

While in high school, he was known to be a basketball player. Here, he has hit a single-game personal best, i.e., 36 points as well as received AP Class AA All-Ohio third-team honours. Moreover, he did graduation during the year 1974.

He studied at Eastern Kentucky University on the basis of basketball grant for the span of two years prior to shifting to the University of Dayton, wherein he did major in communications. Moreover, he is too known as a graduate of the Eta Hexaton Chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa Community at Dayton.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 15 May 1956, Dan Patrick is 67 years old as of today’s date 27th March 2024. His height is 1.91 m tall, and weight is 70 kg.

Career

Dan Patrick started off his career in the form of an on-air celebrity along with an album rock-configured WVUD and later, WTUE in Dayton, situated inside Ohio (from 1979 till 1983), under his original name. After that, he has worked with ESPN.

He was later working as a sports reporter intended for CNN (from 1983 till 1989), wherein his projects encompassed NBA Finals, the World Series, and Winter Olympics. Right from 1989 till 1995, he carried out works in the daily sports section for Bob and Brian, known as a Wisconsin-area type morning show.

During initial 1990s, this sportscaster made sports informs made for the Rock Station named WLVQ and also performed on a morning show entitled “Wags and Elliot.” He has worked as a newscaster on SportsCenter by ESPN (from 1989 till 2006).

He has too hosted The Dan Patrick Show aired on ESPN Radio from the period of 1999 till 2007.

During the mid-1990s, he and Keith Olbermann were recognised among the greatest recognisable faces of ESPN. It is found that Olbermann has utilised catchphrase, i.e., “Welcome to the Big Show” while Patrick functioned along with him on SportsCenter.

After being scolded by their managers, they started mentioning “This is SportsCenter” ironically, unintentionally creating the latest catchphrase of the show and even name of its extended promotional movement.

Response from media sources took the internet by storm. Several blogs, web pages, and news media channels wondered on the causes for his parting and his probable future. In The Dan Patrick Show, he and Keith Olbermann himself placed few of the rumours as well as comments to repose.

Awards & Achievements

Dan Patrick has got the University of Dayton Distinguished Alumni Award in the year 1997. He was inducted to the Mason High School Athletic Hall of Fame in the year 2000.

Net Worth & Salary of Dan Patrick in 2024

Dan Patrick Net Worth
Dan Patrick Net Worth

As of March 2024, Dan Patrick has an estimated net worth of $30  million. His salary is assessed to be $5 million per year. He makes his fortune from his career as a sportscaster, actor and as a radio personality.

Initially, he has functioned inside Ohio being a radio DJ. Later, he has functioned for CNN wherein he has covered the Winter Olympics, World Series, and NBA Finals. He has worked for radio stations within Wisconsin as well as Ohio.

He earned well by being as SportsCenter newscaster for ESPN from 1989 till 2006. Moreover, he has hosted his radio show named The Dan Patrick Show, aired on ESPN Radio from 1999 till 2007. He did cameos in movies like The Waterboy, BASEketball, Grown Ups and The Longest Yard.

Working as a sportscaster is not easy as it involves gathering the latest information related to sports and presenting it in an attractive way without any faults.

However, Dan Patrick accomplished working in this profession very well in his career. He is greatest known for functioning at ESPN for a span of 18 years as a sportscaster.

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