Bill Patrick

Background

He was born as a grandson of the conductor, Pierre Monteux.

Education

Bill Patrick graduated from the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.

Career

He worked for United States of America from 1998 through 2006 as host of the United States. Open and Professional Golf Association Tour. He also did play-by-play and reporting for United States of America"s Professional Golf Association Tour coverage. Prior to that, he served as a studio host at Speedvision (Later called SPEED television) from 1998 through 2001 as host of the weekly motorsports recap show called "Speedvision News: Race Week."

From 2003-2004, he co-hosted College Football Sunday with Mike Mayock on the NFL Network.

He hosted SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight from 1989-1998 on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. In 2007, Patrick was named host of the Hockey Central Post Game Report as part of the studio show for National Hockey League on Versus.

He currently hosts the nightly highlight show National Hockey League Overtime. He also hosts the preand post-game shows for National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of Notre Dame American football, as well as studio updates during some of National Broadcasting Company"s other sports programming.

Patrick also hosted 2008 Olympic coverage on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company. He also hosted coverage of Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He also made two guest appearances on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Spin City.

Bill is also a passionate nature photographer and environmental activist.

In 2014 he created Monteux Gallery, located in Ellsworth, Maine (wwwmonteuxgallerycom).

Achievements

• He has covered every major sporting event during his 25-year broadcasting career, including all four major championships in professional golf, the United States. Open, Wimbledon, Davis Cup, World Series, the Super Bowl, the National Basketball Association Playoffs, the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the America"s Cup.