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Mike Patrick, a 36 -year -old advertiser for ESPN, died of natural causes on Sunday.
Patrick was 80 years old.
Patrick’s doctor, as well as the city of Clarksburg, in Virginia-Western, confirmed on Tuesday the death of the longtime broadcaster.
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The advertiser of ESPN Dick Vitale and Mike Patrick prepare before the match between the Tar Heels of Caroline du Nord and Duke Blue Devils at Smith Center. (Bob Donnan-USA today Sports)
After starting his career in 1982, Patrick became well known as the voice of “Sunday Night Football” of ESPN, a role in which he played for 18 years.
He started this position in 1987, calling some of the best of the NFL Primetime until 2005. He was in the stand with the former quarter-Arrière of NFL Joe Theismann, then Paul Maguire.
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He was also well known for his roles in university football and basketball for the “world sports leader”.
For university basketball, Patrick was best known as the voice of women’s coverage of the four ESPN women, which began in 1996 to 2009.
“Thursday Night Football” and “Saturday Night Football” also saw Patrick offering Play-By-Play coverage for university football.
Advertisers of the ESPN Len Elmore (L) and Mike Patrick television pose for photos dressed in clothing from the 1980s before the start of a retro night match between the Virginia Cavaliers and the Tar Hels in North Carolina during a match of the Atlantic Coast conference on February 16, 2005, at Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, Caroline du Nord. The North Carolina won the 85-61 match. (Grant Halverson / Getty Images)
“It’s wonderful to think about how I did exactly what I wanted to do with my life,” said Patrick when he retired from ESPN in 2018. “At the same time, I had the great pleasure of working with some of the best people I have ever known, both in the air and behind the scenes.”
Before breaking with ESPN, Patrick started working for WVSC-Radio in Somerset, Pennsylvania, in 1966. He would end up making the trip to Jacksonville, where he became sports director of WJXT-TV.
Patrick also worked for Wjla-TV in Washington, DC, as a sports journalist and weekend anchor. It was where he called the Maryland football and basketball games.
In addition to sports, Patrick served in the American army, being ordered as a second-Lieutenant of the US Air Force after his first cycle at George Washington University.
Many cried Patrick’s loss, including his Espn broadcasting colleague, Dr. Jerry Lee Punch.
Former ESPN broadcaster Mike Patrick (C) is honored by Duke Jon Jackson’s Deputy Director of Athletics (L) and Deputy Director of Duke Mike Cragg at the match between the Cardinals of Louisville and the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 21, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina. (Images Lance King / Getty)
“I learned so much from this man. Mike Patrick could do everything,” he wrote on X. “His preparation, delivery, his inflections of voice and his incredible dry humor made him goat in my book. I was very honored to work @pncfb [with] He, and so blessed to call him a dear friend. Rip Mike, you won it. “”
