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Jay Scot Bilas was born on the 24th December 1963, in San Pedro, California USA, and is a lawyer and the analyst of college basketball broadcast on ESPN. He is also as former professional basketball player, assistant coach and the announcer of the NCAA Tournament aired on CBS Sports. Bilas has been active in the sports industry since 1986.

How much is the net worth of Jay Bilas? Authoritative sources have estimated that the total size of his wealth is as much as $4.5 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Moreover, it has been reported that his annual salary is equal to $2 million.

Jay Bilas Net Worth $4.5 Million

To begin with, he started his career as a basketball player in Rolling Hills High School. In 1982, he was named to the First Team All-South Bay, First Team All-CIF, and elected the MVP of the Bay League. Bilas continued his career playing in the team of Duke University coached by Mike Krzyzewski. In 1986, Jay graduated from university with a BA degree in Political Science, and in the same year was selected 108th overall in the 5th round of the NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, but from 1986 to 1989, he played in the position of centre in the teams Scaligera Basket Verona (Italy), Basket Mestre (Italy) and Caja de Guipuzcoa (Spain). Then, from 1989 to 1992, he held the position of an assistant coach in his college team Duke, under the guidance of his former coach Mike Krzyzewski. Meanwhile, he earned J.D. degree studying at Duke University School of Law. Currently, he works as Counsel for the Charlotte office of Moore & Van Allen.

Moreover, Jay Bilas has increased the outright size of his net worth landing in a broadcasting career since 1993. He began his career as a color commentator with Bob Haris in the Duke Radio Network, then from 1995 he has been working as an analyst of the college basketball in the ESPN studio. To add more, he is constantly invited to make appearances on ESPN Radio, ESPNEWS as well as Sports Centre. It is worth mentioning the fact that he worked as an analyst for CBS from 2003 to 2007. Two years in a row, (in 2007 and 2008) he was nominated for Emmy Award for the Outstanding Performance by a Studio Analyst which has also increased his popularity.

In addition to this, he appeared in the feature film “I Come in Peace” (1990) directed by Craig R. Baxley, starring Dolph Lundgren and Brian Benben. Bilas also landed an episodic role in the television series “The White Shadow”. More, he has written the book entitled “Toughness”, published in 2013.

Furthermore, Jay Bilas serves on the board of the PinStripes/ALS Foundation, the Directors of Coaches vs. Cancer, and on the Advisory Board of the Duke Brain Tumor Center.

Finally, the personal life of Jay Bilas, he has been married to Wendy for over 20 years, and with whom he has a boy and a girl. The family resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.