American sportscaster, motivational speaker, and author Robert Courtland Rathbun. Since 1996, Bob Rathbun has been the Atlanta Hawks basketball games’ Bally Sports South play-by-play announcer.

How Much Does Bob Rathbun Make A Year?

Bob Rathbun earns a decent salary for being an Announcer for the Atlanta Hawks. Bob Rathbun earns $74,261 yearly on an average scale.

In 1973, Rathbun started working as a sports director for Salisbury, North Carolina’s WSTP Radio.

Alongside Lee Corso, Rathbun handled the primary commentary for ESPN’s coverage of the Arena Football League’s first championship game, ArenaBowl ’87.

In 1998, he received the same accolade in Georgia after winning the title of Virginia Sportscaster of the Year six times in a row. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

Rathbun, a 1976 graduate of Salisbury, North Carolina’s Catawba College, was given the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1988 and was also inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.