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Dan Bonner

Dan Bonner
Sport(s) Men's Basketball
Current position
Title Analyst and color commentator
Biographical details
Born Pittsburgh
Playing career
1972–1975 Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1977 Virginia (Women)
Head coaching record
Overall 32–20 (.615)

Dan Bonner is an analyst and color commentator covering NCAA men's basketball. He previously played basketball at the University of Virginia and coached the UVa women's team for two seasons. He also coached girls' basketball and soccer at Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton, Virginia.

Dan Bonner, a Pittsburgh native, played at Avonworth High School. He attended the University of Virginia and played basketball from 1971 to 1975. In 1975 he was named captain and was named to the Academic All-Atlantic Coast Conference team.

After his playing career, Dan Bonner was an assistant coach under Barbara Kelly at the University of Virginia for the first two seasons of women's basketball ever played. He succeeded her as head coach in 1975 leading the women's team to a 32–20 (.615) record over two seasons at the helm.

He serves as an analyst for regular-season college basketball games for CBS Sports,ESPN (1987–2001) and Fox Sports Net. Bonner began calling ACC games for Jefferson Pilot Sports in 1983 while a manager at a Social Security office in Staunton, Virginia. Bonner also covered games for NCAA Productions' from 1985 through 1990. He is quoted as saying, "The Monday after Selection Sunday, I'm scrambling to learn all the teams that I'll have to do later in the week. And then I'm out on the road."


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