20 Facts About Dave Sims

David Sims was born on February 14,1953 and is an American sportscaster.

Dave Sims currently is the television play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners.

Dave Sims was the 2018,2019 and 2020 National Sports Media Association's Washington state Sportscaster of the Year.

Dave Sims is in his 16th season as the co-host of Basketball and Beyond with Coach K on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

In 2009 Dave Sims was the television play-by-play host for the UFL on Versus.

Dave Sims grew up in Philadelphia and attended Bethany College in West Virginia, where he played one year of varsity football, finishing third in kickoff returns in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, and catcher for the Bison baseball team and majored in mass communications.

Dave Sims began his career as a sportswriter for the New York Daily News.

Dave Sims was hired by Michael Weisman as a reporter covering track and field for NBC Sports' telecast of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Dave Sims went on to cohost the midday show with Ed Coleman on New York's Sports Radio 66 WFAN, Sept 1989-Feb.

Dave Sims then became a weekend sports anchor at WCBS-TV in New York and was a radio host for the New York Knicks.

Dave Sims' play-by-play announcing career began as the radio voice of Temple Owls football in the Big East.

In 1991, Dave Sims joined ESPN as a play-by-play announcer for college basketball, and added college football in 1998.

Dave Sims primarily called Big East contests on the ESPN Plus regional network.

Dave Sims continues to broadcast college basketball games for FOX and FS1 beginning in 2016.

Dave Sims replaced Joel Meyers on the Sunday Night Football game in 2006.

Dave Sims worked "Sunday Night Football" games from 2006 to 2012.

From 2013 to 2014, Dave Sims returned to Sunday Afternoon NFL action while working with former NFL quarterback Mark Malone.

Dave Sims was the broadcaster on Fox on April 21,2012, describing Philip Humber's perfect game.

Dave Sims is noted for using the following catchphrases on Mariner broadcasts:.

Dave Sims is a staunch believer in letting his audience know when a pitcher is working on a no-hitter.