30 Facts About Michele Tafoya

Michele Tafoya attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California.

Michele Tafoya received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California in 1991.

Michele Tafoya worked as a host and reporter for KFAN-AM in Minneapolis, primarily for Minnesota Vikings and University of Minnesota women's basketball broadcasts.

Michele Tafoya worked for WAQS in Charlotte, where she went by the name Mickey Conley.

Michele Tafoya worked for the Midwest Sports Channel, serving as a Minnesota Timberwolves host and sideline reporter, as well as a play-by-play commentator for women's Big Ten basketball and volleyball.

Michele Tafoya then spent three years at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis as a sports anchor and reporter.

Michele Tafoya joined CBS Sports in September 1994 as a reporter and host for the CBS Television Network's sports anthology show CBS Sports Spectacular and college basketball coverage.

Michele Tafoya served as a host of At The Half and as a reporter for college football games.

Michele Tafoya made her on-air debut at the 1994 US Open Tennis Championships.

Michele Tafoya left CBS at the end of 1999, after five years with the network.

Michele Tafoya joined ESPN and ABC Sports in January 2000, working as a sideline reporter for ABC Sports' Monday Night Football during the 2004 NFL season and the 2005 NFL season before the program shifted to ESPN; she worked the sideline for ESPN Monday Night Football beginning in 2006.

Michele Tafoya was a co-host for the Mike Tirico Show on ESPN radio.

Michele Tafoya helped ABC in its coverage of Super Bowl XL in Detroit as a sideline reporter with Suzy Kolber.

Michele Tafoya was loaned to NBC Sports for the 2000 Sydney Olympics as a Reporter for Rhythmic Gymnastics and as the play-by-play woman for softball.

On October 10,2003, Michele Tafoya poured beer over two fans beneath her luxury box at the Metrodome during a University of Minnesota versus University of Michigan game.

Michele Tafoya admitted to losing her composure and said she was embarrassed over the incident.

Michele Tafoya formerly worked at NBA games on ABC and ESPN.

Michele Tafoya has served as a substitute host on Pardon the Interruption and as a panelist on The Sports Reporters II.

Michele Tafoya was a correspondent for SportsCenter and Outside the Lines.

Michele Tafoya was announced as the new evening drive time talk radio host for WCCO-AM on April 19,2009.

Michele Tafoya made the decision ahead of her schedule becoming busier with the Super Bowl and London Olympics.

Michele Tafoya joined "The KQ Morning Show" on KQRS-FM as co-host with long-time KQ morning personality Tom Barnard on September 8,2016.

Michele Tafoya left the KQRS morning show in March 2020.

On May 4,2011, Michele Tafoya was announced as the new sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football, replacing Andrea Kremer and rejoining former co-worker and announcer Al Michaels.

Michele Tafoya has covered swimming during the Summer Olympics for NBC.

Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported that Michele Tafoya would leave Sunday Night Football following the 2021 season.

On January 11,2022, NBC confirmed in a press release that Michele Tafoya would depart the network, with Super Bowl LVI as her final assignment, to pursue other opportunities.

On February 14,2022, a day after her departure from NBC Sports, Republican Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls announced Michele Tafoya would be joining his campaign as co-chair.

Michele Tafoya had three pregnancies of four children end in miscarriage before carrying her son to term.

Michele Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".