Bradley Ray Nessler was born on June 3,1956 and is an American sportscaster, who currently calls college football and college basketball games for CBS Sports.
13 Facts About Brad Nessler
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In 1990 and 1991, Brad Nessler worked for CBS Sports, calling NFL games, college football and college basketball.
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Brad Nessler has appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football series with Kirk Herbstreit.
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In July 2009, ESPN announced that Brad Nessler would move to the top play-by-play man for ESPN's coverage of college football, being primarily responsible for ESPN's Saturday Primetime game airing at 7:45 PM Eastern Time.
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Brad Nessler originally worked with Gary Danielson as his college football color man when he began working for ABC in 1997, but from 1999 to 2008 called games alongside Bob Griese.
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From 2002 to 2004, Brad Nessler was a broadcaster for the NBA, including calling the 2003 NBA Finals.
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Brad Nessler covered Saturday afternoon games for ESPN during the regular college basketball season, and previously appeared on ABC.
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On September 13,2010, Brad Nessler again worked a Monday Night Football game, teaming with Trent Dilfer and Suzy Kolber to call the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs in the second game of that night's Week 1 doubleheader.
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In May 2011, Brad Nessler was hired by NFL Network to call its Thursday Night Football telecasts, on which he was teamed with analyst Mike Mayock for an eight-game package.
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Brad Nessler continued to call the game package in 2012 and 2013, expanded to thirteen games, before CBS Sports took over responsibility for the package in the 2014 NFL season.
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Brad Nessler provides play-by-play for college basketball for the network, usually teaming with analyst Bill Raftery.
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Brad Nessler assumed duties as CBS' lead college football announcer for the Sun Bowl one month later.
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In 2018 Brad Nessler called his first NCAA March Madness on TBS.