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Marc Zumoff | |
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| Born | (1955-11-18)November 18, 1955 (age 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Team(s) | Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia Union |
| Genre | Play-by-Play |
| Sport(s) | Basketball Association football American football Rowing Cycling |
Marc Zumoff (born November 18, 1955) is an Americansportscaster who is the formerplay-by-play announcer for thePhiladelphia 76ers.
In 2016, he worked forNBC Sports doing play-by-play for the United States women's national basketball team alongside Ann Meyers-Drysdale. Zumoff worked on behalf ofTurner Sports doing play-by-play for the 2017 NBA playoffs. He also fills in for MLS'sPhiladelphia Union doing play-by-play. Zumoff announced his retirement after 27 years on June 29, 2021.[1]
Zumoff also has his own company, Zumoff Productions,[citation needed] a coaching company for news and sports broadcasters, and is the co-author ofTotal Sportscasting: Performance, Production and Career Development, a college textbook published byFocal Press.[citation needed]
Zumoff attendedTemple University inPhiladelphia, announcingTemple Owls football andbasketball games. He left Temple without graduating, and would get his undergraduate degree 15 years later. His first broadcasting work, in 1977, was as a radio newsman at WBUD 1260 inTrenton, New Jersey. Other news broadcasting work followed at WTTM Radio in Trenton and WHWH Radio inPrinceton. While at WHWH, he also became the voice ofPrinceton University football and basketball. At the same time, Zumoff was doing freelance work at KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia. While working at KYW, his friend Rob Grossman left the station to become the public relations director of thePhiladelphia Fever of theMajor Indoor Soccer League. Through Grossman, Zumoff had a one-game audition to become the team's play-by-play announcer, at which he was successful. In 1982, the Fever's final season, several games were broadcast on thePRISM Sports Network. After the team folded, PRISM hired Marc to do movie announcements and in January 1983, hired him to replaceJim Gray as the 76ers pre-game/halftime/post-game host. While in that position, Zumoff occasionally filled in with various play-by-play assignments, including thePhiladelphia Flyers (for Gene Hart and Mike Emrick) and thePhiladelphia Big 5. Other work during that time includedBig East Basketball, theDad Vail Regatta,Philadelphia Wings Lacrosse,Villanova University football and basketball, the CoreStates Bike Race, and the Devon Horse Show.
Zumoff has retained his connection in news, including work as a fill-in host for the news and public affairs show Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane on the localNational Public Radio affiliateWHYY-FM.
Zumoff worked for 27 seasons as the Sixers television play-by-play announcer and 36 years as a part of the 76ers broadcast team. Zumoff, a Philadelphia native, was officially named play-by-play announcer on August 17, 1994,[2] following an 11-year stint as the team's pre-game/halftime/post-game host. Zumoff has won the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for best sports play-by-play broadcaster 18 times. As the Sixers play-by-play announcer, Zumoff has worked with six different partners:Steve Mix,Bob Salmi,Ed Pinckney,Eric Snow,Malik Rose, andAlaa Abdelnaby.[3] Zumoff retired after the 2021 76ers season and was replaced byKate Scott.
Besides working for NBC at theRio Olympics, andTurner Sports' coverage of theNBA, Zumoff has done play-by-play forNBC Sports Philadelphia and The Comcast Network's coverage ofhigh school football andcollege football. He also fills in forMLS'sPhiladelphia Union doing play by play.
In addition to regular appearances at community functions on behalf of the 76ers and NBC Sports Philadelphia, Zumoff also chairs an annual golf outing benefiting Maccabi USA. In the past, Zumoff has hosted thegolf outing "Tee Off with Zumoff" benefiting the Pathway School for learning disabled students as well as the Points for Peace 3-on-3 basketball tournament at thePalestra.
Zumoff runs his own company, Zumoff Productions, a coaching company for current and aspiring news and sports broadcasters.
He has also co-authored, with Max Negin, the college textbookTotal Sportscasting: Performance, Production and Career Development, published byFocal Press. The book covers skills required for a successful career in sportscasting, including performance and production techniques, broadcast writing techniques, career development, and personnel management.
Zumoff lives with his wife Debbie. They have two sons. He is a fan ofTottenham Hotspur.[4]
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