Robert James Fitzgerald is an American sports broadcaster who is currently the television play-by-play announcer for the National Basketball Association"s Golden State Warriors on Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Bay Area and is a co-host of the show Fitz and Brooks on KNBR with co-host Rod Brooks.
Education
Born in Chicago, Fitzgerald moved to San Francisco at age nine in 1975, when the local National Basketball Association team Golden State Warriors won the National Basketball Association championship. Fitzgerald graduated from Serra High School in nearby San Mateo and the University of Notre Dame. Fitzgerald also earned a master"s degree in sports management from Ohio State University.
While at Notre Dame, he worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fighting Irish football and basketball on campus radio station WVFI.
Career
Education KNBR Bob Fitzgerald gained fame on KNBR as the host of the 10:00 p.m. Bob referred to his callers as the smartest of all the shows on KNBR. He and his producer enjoyed using the Cypress Hill song "Insane In The Membrane" among others as bumper music Fitzgerald is currently a co-host of the popular Fitz and Brooks show from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. on KNBR 680.
Golden State Warriors Fitzgerald is currently in his 19th season as television play-by-play announcer for the Golden State Warriors.
In addition to announcing 71 Warriors games on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area during the 2015-2016 campaign, Fitzgerald also continues to maintain an active role on the “Warriors Weekly Roundtable” and postgame radio shows throughout the basketball season. Fitzgerald has previously received five Emmy nominations for "Best On-Camera" and was awarded the Emmy for “Best On-Camera, Play-by-Play Sports” for Northern California in 2007 and 2014.
Fitzgerald also spent six years as the play-by-play voice for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network’s National Basketball Association Basketball video game series. Olympics broadcasts Fitzgerald has nearly 20 years of experience broadcasting Olympic sports.
He was the play-by-play basketball announcer covering the London 2012 Summer Olympics for National Broadcasting Company Sports and called National Broadcasting Company Sports coverage of water polo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Fitzgerald was the radio broadcaster covering basketball at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics and also called swimming at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. NFL broadcasts Fitzgerald has called National Football League games for the Westwood One and Sports United States of America radio networks. He currently handles San Francisco 49ers preseason broadcasts and served as the play-by-play voice for the Arena Football League"s San Jose SaberCats.