Background
Macatee was born in Rome, New York, and grew up in El Paso, Texas.
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Education
He graduated from Burges High School in El Paso. In 1978, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
Career
Early life and career
While in college, Macatee worked at KLTV-television in Tyler, Texas as well as KTVV-television in Austin, Texas. He became Sports Director at KBMT-television in Beaumont, Texas where he was hired by Bill Paradoski. Following that he worked at KMBC-television in Kansas City before spending 3 years at WFAA-television in Dallas, Texas.
Macatee was hired by National Broadcasting Company Sports and moved to New York in 1982.
National Broadcasting Company Sports
In 1982, Macatee began his network sports broadcasting career with National Broadcasting Company, and was the youngest network sportscaster in the industry. With National Broadcasting Company Sports, he covered a wide range of events including Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the World Series.
He hosted National Broadcasting Company"s Major League Baseball Game of the Week pre-game show for 4 years as well as numerous events for the network"s sports anthology show, National Broadcasting Company Sportsworld. Additionally, Macatee served as the sports correspondent for the Today Show and anchor for National Broadcasting Company News at Sunrise and Sunday Today.
He also co-anchored the syndicated show United States of America Today on television Career since 1990
Macatee joined United States of America Network as a sportscaster in 1990.
From 1991 until 2006, Macatee anchored coverage of the Professional Golf Association Tour and hosted the network"s Thursday/Friday coverage of The Masters from Butler Cabin as well as coverage of the Ryder Cup. His other duties included play-by-play for the United States. Open Tennis Championships and the French Open at Roland Garros. Since joining Columbia Broadcasting System Sports in 1995, Macatee has served as a tower announcer and handled post-round, network interviews for The Masters and Professional Golf Association Championship.
He also substitutes for Jim Nantz during other Professional Golf Association Tour events and has anchored Columbia Broadcasting System" coverage of the LPGA Championship and various Champions Tour events.
In 2015, Macatee became the host of the Golf Channel series, "Greatest Rounds". In tennis, Macatee was the main Columbia Broadcasting System play-by-play announcer for the United States. Open Tennis Championship (taking over from Dick Enberg in 2012) and other Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association events.
Additionally, Macatee serves as the main play-by-play voice and studio host for the cable network Tennis Channel, covering the Australian Open, The French Open (French Open Tonight), Wimbledon (Wimbledon Primetime) and the United States. Open. From 1998 through 2013, Macatee did play-by-play for the NFL on Columbia Broadcasting System. He has also called National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball for Columbia Broadcasting System Sports including the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Championship Game.
Macatee has done network play-by-play in sports as diverse as figure skating, skiing, track-and-field, gymnastics, boxing and even sumo wrestling.
Macatee has twice served as a network host for the Olympics. He co-anchored weekend coverage of the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan for Columbia Broadcasting System Sports and the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Italy for United States of America. In 2013, Macatee joined The Vistria Group, a Chicago private equity firm, serving as a Senior Advisor. He is on the Board of Directors for Media Source, Incorporated., the USTA Foundation, as well as the Board of Directors for the City of Dallas, Convention and Visitor"s Bureau, serving on the Dallas Sports Commission.
Macatee spent 2 years as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Chapman University in Southern California, teaching Sports Media at the prestigious Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
Macatee serves on the Board of Advisors at Lamar University"s College of Fine Arts and Communications. He was named Distinguished Alumni at Lamar University in 2010 and gave the Commencement Address at Lamar in May 2014.
Membership
He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.
