Thom Brennaman

Thom Brennaman
Brennaman in 2011.
Born	Thomas Wade Brennaman (1963-09-12) September 12, 1963 (age 53) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Education	Ohio University
Occupation	Sportscaster
Spouse(s)	Polly
Children	Ella Mae and Luke
Parent(s)	Marty Brennaman and Brenda Dickey

Thomas Wade "Thom" Brennaman (born September 12, 1963) is an American sportscaster and the son of current Cincinnati Reds radio sportscaster Marty Brennaman.

After graduating in 1982 from Cincinnati's Anderson High School Thom attended Ohio University, where he was president of the Beta Kappa Chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He entered college uncertain of whether to follow in his father's footsteps and become a broadcaster. While at Ohio he joined station WATH, developing his own love for radio. After graduating in 1986, Brennaman worked as a sports reporter/anchor for WLWT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati. During this same period, he worked as the television play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds alongside Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench. In the early 1990s he did Chicago Cubs broadcasts, alternating with Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray between television and radio. In 1994 he was hired by Fox Sports to call the network's National Football League and Major League Baseball telecasts. He served as the first television voice for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and left after the 2006 season to join his father Marty in Cincinnati.

In 2006, Brennaman was named as Fox's lead play-by-play announcer for the Bowl Championship Series. In addition to calling the BCS National Championship Game, Brennaman called the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. On both broadcasts, Brennaman worked with former University of Wisconsin–Madison head coach Barry Alvarez (only in 2007), and former University of Tennessee defensive back and current broadcaster Charles Davis. Brennaman also called the 2008 Sugar Bowl and the 2009 Orange Bowl.