James William Nantz III is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men’s basketball, the NBA and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s.
Nantz joined CBS Sports in 1985, initially working as a studio host for the network’s college football and basketball coverage, and as an on-course reporter for PGA Tour golf, as well as calling NFL games on Westwood One
He has anchored CBS’s coverage of the Masters Tournament since 1989 and has been the lead play-by-play announcer on CBS’s NFL coverage since 2004.
Nantz is also one of two men to host a Super Bowl, announce an NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game, and host coverage of The Masters from Butler Cabin with Brent Musburger being the other.
During Super Bowl XLVII, Joe Flacco unknowingly hit Nantz with the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the presentation, but Nantz simply brushed it off.
Nantz and broadcast partner Phil Simms called Thursday Night Football games in a deal with CBS and the NFL Network. Tracy Wolfson was the sideline reporter for the Thursday games along with the Sunday games on CBS.
Jim Nantz Children: Meet Jameson Nantz, Caroline Nantz, Finley Cathleen Nantz
On April 16, 1983, Jim married Lorraine “Lorrie” Carlsen Nantz in Westport, Connecticut.
They have a daughter named Caroline, who currently works at The Calling Wine as a Project Manager. She also worked as a Production Assistant at CBS Television Studios.
The couple divorced on November 2, 2009. He was ordered to pay his ex-wife nearly $1 million a year in alimony and child support.
Jim also had to pay Caroline’s college expenses until she reached 23. Caroline graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016.
On June 9, 2012, Jim Nantz married Courtney Richards in a ceremony at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California.
On March 14, 2014, Jim and Courtney welcomed a girl named – Finley Cathleen. On February 1, 2016, their son Jameson Nantz was born.
Nantz and his family used to live in a home overlooking the Pebble Beach Links that he bought in October 2011.
Nantz and his family currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.