Bob Hogue
| Sport(s) | Basketball, baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Commissioner |
| Conference | PacWest |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 7, 1953 |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| ? | USC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 2004–2006 | Academy of the Pacific (HI) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2007–present | PacWest (commissioner) |
Robert Charles Hogue (born September 7, 1953) is an American athletic conference commissioner, author and columnist, sportscaster, and a former Republican member of the Hawaii State Senate representing the 24th district (Kailua-Kaneohe) for six years (2000–2006). Hogue was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, to replace Ed Case but lost in the 2006 general election to former Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono. He is currently the commissioner of the Pacific West Conference, a position he had held since 2007.
Hogue was born on September 7, 1953 in Whittier, California. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1975 where he played baseball and earned a degree in business with an emphasis in accounting. He earned his CPA certificate working for Price Waterhouse & Co. in southern California from 1975 to 1977.
Hogue was the lead sportscaster with three #1-rated news stations: KWWL-TV in Waterloo, Iowa and the Iowa Television Network (1979–1984), KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California (1984–1988), and KHON-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii (1988–1999). Previously, he worked at KTIV in Sioux City, Iowa, KFBB-TV in Great Falls, Montana, and radio stations in Honolulu, HI, Sacramento, CA, and Prescott, AZ. Hogue was the play-by-play announcer for University of Iowa basketball on television in the 1980s and University of Hawaii football and basketball on radio in the 1990s and then Hawaii Pacific University basketball on radio and television in the 2000s.
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