Notre Dame Football Radio Announcers And Commentators 2023

Notre Dame radio broadcasters include Paul Burmeister who arrived on NBC in 2014. Burmeister has already covered four Olympics.

Paul made his first appearance in radio associating with the NDRN in the 2018 season. 

His sports-covering journey in major media began when he appended with the NFL Network.

He used to play the QB for Iowa from 1989 to 1993. He has also covered high school football in Iowa. The media personality served there for 10 years and covered a wide variety of sports.

Paul also called all the home as well as away games of Fighting Irish Football since 2018 and to the present date, he is the voice of the radio to cover the Fighting Irish’s every game throughout the year. 

Ryan Harris

Harris’ affiliation with the Network dates back to 2018. On the previous season of the date, he was in the Fighting Irish Media for the gameday coverage. 

He is also a former football player who played in the position of offensive Tackle for the Fighting Irish in the starting role from 2003 to 2006 under the head coach, Brian Kelly. 

Ryan also played in the NFL from 2007 to 2016 for different teams including Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers. 

Jack Nolan

Nolan has been covering the ND Athletics since 1982. He is currently the Talent & Affiliate Network program Director for the Team’s media. 

His journey with NBC began in 1991 and before that, he had already received the Indiana Press Best Play-by-Play Awards for the coverages he had done. 

The former footballer announced the Fighting Irish Football games from 1982 to 1990 and has also worked in the ISP Football Radio Network. 

Notre Dame football announcers cover Jac Collinsworth in play-by-play, Zora Stephenson on the sideline, and Jason Garrett as an analyst.

The team will be calling all the Fighting Irish games for the 2023 season and other selected Big Ten Football Games on NBC Sports.

Jac Collinsworth

Notre Dame Navy announcers cover Jac Collinsworth in 2023. Jac became associated with the NBC Network in 2013 and then made his second stint in 2020. 

The Kentucky native was born in 1995 and is the son of present-day NBC commentator Cris Collinsworth. When he first joined the Network, he was a student at the University during the time and worked on the sideline team that covered the Fighting Irish’s football.

The years 2016 and 2017 placed him in the role of sideline reporter for the Blue-Gold Spring Football which was also the initiation of NBC Network. 

He joined ESPN in 2017 and worked as a Sunday NFL Countdown feature reporter and as an NFL Live host during the offseason. Again, he began his second stint at NBC in 2020. 

Zora Stephenson

Stephenson’s prime duty at the present time includes the role of sideline reporter for the Network’s coverage of ND Football as well as the USFL.

She has served in the same role for the 2021 Truth and Service Classic HBCU football game and also hosted the ND Pro Day in 2022. 

Zora appended with NBC Network in 2021. Prior to joining NBC WTMJ-Radio and ESPN Radio. She has also received an Emmy for her contribution to news anchoring and reporting on local television in Denver, Colorado, and Greenville. 

Jason Garrett

Gerret joined NBC in August of last season only as an analyst for the United States Football League. He was named to accompany Collinsowrth in ND Football on NBC on 14 August 2022. 

He is also a former American footballer and quarterback who played for a number of teams including the Giants, the Cowboys, the Buccaneers, the Dolphins, and more. He has also coached some of the teams till 2020. 

Notre Dame football commentators are Brendan Burke, Andrew Siciliano, Joshua Perry, Michael Robinson, Kyle Rudolph, Anthony Herron, and more.

Others on the list are:

• Noah Eagle (play-by-play)
• Todd Blackledge (analyst)
• Kathryn Tappen (sideline)
• Mike Tirico (play-by-play)
• Chris Simms (analyst)
• Lewis Johnson (sideline)

Burke joined NBC in 2017 and covered the NHL as well as the Premier Lacrosse League in the play-by-play role. He has also covered hockey in the 2022 Olympics. 

This is his first time in college football with NBC who will be there to call all of the Big Ten games alongside other announcers and commentators. 

Similarly, Siciliaon marked his association with NBC Network in the 2016 Rio Olympics as gold zone host. He is also an NFL Total Access host and has hosted NFL Sunday Ticket RedZone on DirecTV.

Prior to joining NFL Network, Andrew was in the Fox Sports Radio. After graduating from S.I. Newhouse School of Communication in 1996, he started his sportscasting career in the position of now-defunct WMAQ-670 AM in Chicago.

Likewise, Kyle Rudolph appended with NBC to cover the United States Football League and ND Blue-Gold Games in 2023. The analyst is also an American football player who played in the position of tight end.

Anthony Heron is a recent appendage to NBC who has analyzed the All-American Bowl and Bayou Classic and also the 2023 USFL games. 

He is also a former NFL defensive lineman for teams like Lions, Packers, and Steelers. Heron has worked as a studio analyst for the Big Ten Network and the Pac-12 Network. 

Notre Dame football crew are:

• Terry McAulay (rule analyst)
• Caroline Pineda (sidelines)
• Maria Taylor (studio host)
• Ahmed Fareed (studio co-host)
• Joshua Perry (studio analyst)
• Michael Robinson (studio analyst)
• Matt Cassel (studio analyst)
• Nicole Auerbach (Insider)

McAulay joined NBC Sports as a rule analyst for NBC Sunday Night Football as well as Fighting Irish Football. He also appeared in the same role for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime in 2022.

The American football official worked in the NFL and served as a referee from 1998 through the 2017 season. Terry has already served in seven conference championships as well as three Super Bowl games. 

This season, Terry has been on the call for the Fighting Irish vs. Navy on 26 August, the Big Ten Saturday Night Opener between West Virginia and Penn State on 2 September, etc. 

Similarly, Carolina Pineda has already reported ND’s Blue-Gold Games and Football Pro Day. She has also covered USFL games along with the network coverage of other games including basketball. 

Maria Taylor is an American sportscaster currently working for NBC’s coverage of college football and NFL and a wide variety of other athletics including volleyball. 

Prior to her association with NBC in 2020, she worked for ESPN beginning in 2013 as a sideline reporter for ESPN2 Saturday Night primetime college football telecast. Taylor worked there until 2019 and came to NBC turning down a $5 million offer from ESPN.

Notre Dame will face teams like NC State, Ohio State, and Central Michigan in the 2023 season. NBC will broadcast the bulk of the games.

The Fighting Irish is facing some big teams this season. Among one of the longest rivalries, the team has already played against Navy on August 26 and got a 42-3 victory. 

On 2 September, Saturday, the Fighting Irish played against Tennessee State and won the game by 56-3 score. Both of the games were live on NBC/Peacock.

Notre Dame Football TV Today 

• Saturday, September 9 vs. NC State at 12 PM ET – ABC
• Saturday, September 16 vs. Central Michigan at 2:30 PM ET – Peacock
• Saturday, September 23 vs. Ohio State at 7:30 PM ET – NBC/Peacock
•  Saturday, Sept. 30 vs. Duke University – TBD
• Saturday, October 7 vs. University of Louisville – TBD
• Saturday, October 14 vs. USC at 7:30 PM ET – NBC/Peacock
• October 28, Saturday vs. Pittsburgh State University at 3:30 PM ET – NBC/Peacock
• November 4, Saturday vs. Clemson – ABC
• Saturday, November 18 vs. Wake Forest at 3:30 PM ET – NBC/Peacock
• November 25, Saturday vs. Stanford – TBD