Dan Hicks, whose NBC Sports career spanned more than three decades and included memorable calls across the Olympics, PGA Tour golf and Notre Dame football, has died at 64. His wife, Hannah Storm, announced the death.
The family said Hicks had been dealing with an “acute illness.” Storm described his passing as sudden and unexpected, calling him a devoted husband of more than 30 years, a loving father to their three daughters and a friend to many.
“Dan was truly one of a kind,” Storm said in a statement. “When he walked into a room, he brought the energy, the laughter and the people together.”
Hicks joined NBC in 1992 and became a familiar presence across the network’s sports coverage. He was part of NBC’s PGA Tour, Notre Dame football and Olympics broadcasts, and he also handled play-by-play for NFL games from 1992 to 1998 and NBA coverage in the 1990s.
NBC Sports executives Rick Cordella, Sam Flood and Molly Solomon remembered Hicks as an “extraordinary colleague, friend and person.” In a joint statement, they praised his 34 years with NBC Sports and his ability to elevate major events, from Olympic swimming and skiing to Notre Dame football and, especially, golf, where he served as the signature voice of NBC’s coverage for 26 years.
They also highlighted his warmth beyond the broadcast booth, saying he welcomed teammates with a smile, a joke or a word of encouragement — “sometimes all three in the same sentence.”
Hicks called some of the most dramatic moments in U.S. Olympic swimming and PGA Tour history. With Rowdy Gaines, he was on the microphone for the U.S. men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay comeback at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Two months earlier, he called Tiger Woods’ epic U.S. Open battle with Rocco Mediate, including Woods’ 12-foot putt on the 18th hole that forced a playoff.
He is remembered by his family and colleagues as a storyteller, a beloved teammate and a broadcaster whose enthusiasm and humor reached fans for decades.