Bob Goodrich
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Bob Goodrich was an All-American football player who has become one of television’s most respected sports producers.
(SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Here, Goodrich received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as played tight end on the SMU team that won the 1966 Southwest Conference (SWC) Championship and played in the 1967 Cotton Bowl Classic.
. After gaining the experience needed, Goodrich joined ABC Sports full-time in 1971 as a production assistant, becoming an associate producer in 1973 before being elevated to full producer in 1976.
Goodrich was producer of ABC’s NFL’s Monday Night Football
from 1980-86. As a tribute to the work done on Monday Night Football, Bill Carter and Marc Gunther wrote a book that became Monday Night Mayhem, a made for TV movie that documents the creation of ABC’s Monday Night Football telecast in 1970 and continues by highlighting how the program rose to the top of the ratings. In this film, actor Brennan Brown
portrayed Bob Goodrich as the producer during the specified years and Bob worked as a consultant on the film.
Among the many highlights during Goodrich’s career at ABC Sports was serving as the producer for the network’s first-ever coverage of the Super Bowl, Super Bowl XIX
, in January 1985. He also produced the Super Bowl XXV
pre-game and halftime programs in Tampa in 1991.
Goodrich has spearheaded ABC Sports’ coverage of college football
as a producer for 22 years, and as coordinating producer for twelve. He served as the coordinating producer of the 1998 World Cup of soccer (FIFA World Cup
), and produced ABC Sports’ live coverage of the Indianapolis 500
for 16 consecutive years, having previously co-produced the network’s coverage of the world’s greatest auto race for seven years.
At the Olympics
, Goodrich was the producer of the basketball coverage at the 1976 Summer Olympics
, the hockey coverage at the 1976 Winter Olympics
and again at the 1984 Winter Olympics
, speed skating at Lake Placid in the 1980 Winter Olympics
, gymnastics in Los Angeles at the 1984 Summer Olympics
and the Alpine coverage for the 1988 Winter Olympics
in Calgary.
During his career, Goodrich has produced ABC’s major golf championship coverage
including the U.S. Open (golf)
, British Open
and PGA Championship
and many of the PGA Tour events, as well as a variety of Wide World of Sports events, including the World Track & Field Championships, World Alpine Skiing Championships, boxing and auto racing. Goodrich also served as producer for the North American Soccer League
and ABC’s Monday Night Baseball
telecasts. In addition to his successful career as a producer, Goodrich has also directed golf, auto racing and football telecasts.
Goodrich is currently a freelance television producer, director, and consultant for companies including ABC/ESPN.
Throughout his career, Goodrich has had the good fortune of working with some of greats of sports broadcasting, including Howard Cosell
, Jim McKay
, Brent Musberger, Keith Jackson
, Bob Griese
, Joe Namath
, Reggie Jackson
, Frank Gifford
, O.J. Simpson, Brad Nessler
, Paul Maguire
, Chris Schenkel
, Bill Russell
, Al Trautwig
and Bruce Jenner
.
, most recently as a producer for the 1990 Indy 500 coverage, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special. He also captured two Emmys as a co-producer of ABC’s coverage of the 1982 and 1989 Indianapolis 500. Goodrich also received one Emmy each as a producer for ABC’s coverage of the 1984 and 1976 Summer Olympics; one each for coverage of the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics; one as a producer for ABC’s NCAA Football series and five as a producer on ABC’s Wide World of Sports (1975, 1976, 1986, 1989 and 1990).
In addition to the 15 Emmy Awards Goodrich has won, he has also been nominated for 29 additional Emmy Awards, including a 2006 nomination for his work on ESPN’s College Football.
Goodrich has been recognized for his accomplishments during his high school football career at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas by being inducted into the Texas Sports High School Hall of Fame in May 2009. Also in 2009, he was inducted into Woodrow Wilson High School’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his excellence as a student and an athlete and for his lifetime of professional achievements.
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Early life
Growing up in Dallas, Texas, he played football for Woodrow Wilson High School, where he graduated in 1963. Goodrich was inspired by his father, who was a Methodist minister and hosted and produced a live weekly television show The Pastor Calls.College
Although Bob Goodrich was offered 50-60 scholarships from schools around the country, Goodrich chose to play college football in his hometown for the renowned Southern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
(SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Here, Goodrich received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as played tight end on the SMU team that won the 1966 Southwest Conference (SWC) Championship and played in the 1967 Cotton Bowl Classic.
ABC Sports
Goodrich started his career in 1970 at ABC Sports. He first worked for ABC on a part-time basis, performing various duties on different sports telecasts, gaining valuable experience. In addition to the hands-on experience gained, Goodrich derived an immeasurable amount of knowledge from the legendary sports broadcasting pioneer Roone ArledgeRoone Arledge
Roone Pickney Arledge, Jr. was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC News from 1977 until several years before his death, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.-Early...
. After gaining the experience needed, Goodrich joined ABC Sports full-time in 1971 as a production assistant, becoming an associate producer in 1973 before being elevated to full producer in 1976.
Goodrich was producer of ABC’s NFL’s Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
from 1980-86. As a tribute to the work done on Monday Night Football, Bill Carter and Marc Gunther wrote a book that became Monday Night Mayhem, a made for TV movie that documents the creation of ABC’s Monday Night Football telecast in 1970 and continues by highlighting how the program rose to the top of the ratings. In this film, actor Brennan Brown
Brennan Brown
Brennan Brown is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing Orange's spoof film board executive Mr. Dresden in the long-running series of UK cinema ads.-Orange Wednesday adverts:...
portrayed Bob Goodrich as the producer during the specified years and Bob worked as a consultant on the film.
Among the many highlights during Goodrich’s career at ABC Sports was serving as the producer for the network’s first-ever coverage of the Super Bowl, Super Bowl XIX
Super Bowl XIX
Super Bowl XIX was an American football game played on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1984 regular season...
, in January 1985. He also produced the Super Bowl XXV
Super Bowl XXV
Super Bowl XXV was an American football game played on January 27, 1991 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1990 regular season. The National Football Conference Champion New York Giants defeated the American Football Conference ...
pre-game and halftime programs in Tampa in 1991.
Goodrich has spearheaded ABC Sports’ coverage of college football
College Football on ABC
ESPN College Football on ABC presented by Kay Jewelers is a presentation of the American Broadcasting Company's regular season American college football television package...
as a producer for 22 years, and as coordinating producer for twelve. He served as the coordinating producer of the 1998 World Cup of soccer (FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
), and produced ABC Sports’ live coverage of the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
for 16 consecutive years, having previously co-produced the network’s coverage of the world’s greatest auto race for seven years.
At the Olympics
Olympics on ABC
The Olympics on ABC was the branding for Olympic Games coverage which aired in the United States on the broadcast network ABC. ABC first televised the Winter Olympic Games in 1964. ABC first televised the Summer Olympic Games in 1968...
, Goodrich was the producer of the basketball coverage at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
, the hockey coverage at the 1976 Winter Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria...
and again at the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
, speed skating at Lake Placid in the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
, gymnastics in Los Angeles at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
and the Alpine coverage for the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...
in Calgary.
During his career, Goodrich has produced ABC’s major golf championship coverage
PGA Tour on ABC
PGA Tour on ABC was a television program that broadcast the main professional golf tours on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ABC initially broadcast the PGA Tour through 1978 and then from 1999–2006. From 1966 through 2009, ABC was the broadcast home of the British...
including the U.S. Open (golf)
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
, British Open
British Open
The British Open is the Open Championship men's golf tournament.British Open may also refer to:* Women's British Open of golf* British Open Show Jumping Championships* British Open Squash Championships...
and PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
and many of the PGA Tour events, as well as a variety of Wide World of Sports events, including the World Track & Field Championships, World Alpine Skiing Championships, boxing and auto racing. Goodrich also served as producer for the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
and ABC’s Monday Night Baseball
Monday Night Baseball
Monday Night Baseball is a live game telecast of Major League Baseball that airs most Monday nights during the regular season on ESPN and is also available in high definition on ESPNHD. The official name of the game is Monday Night Baseball presented by Vonage. The game starts at 7 p.m...
telecasts. In addition to his successful career as a producer, Goodrich has also directed golf, auto racing and football telecasts.
Goodrich is currently a freelance television producer, director, and consultant for companies including ABC/ESPN.
Throughout his career, Goodrich has had the good fortune of working with some of greats of sports broadcasting, including Howard Cosell
Howard Cosell
Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these...
, Jim McKay
Jim McKay
James Kenneth McManus , better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist....
, Brent Musberger, Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson is an American sportscaster, known for his long career with ABC Sports , his coverage of college football , his style of folksy, down-to-earth commentary, and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence, and operatic tone considered "like Edward R...
, Bob Griese
Bob Griese
Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...
, Joe Namath
Joe Namath
Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...
, Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson , nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played from 1967-1987 for four different teams. Jackson currently serves as...
, Frank Gifford
Frank Gifford
Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
, O.J. Simpson, Brad Nessler
Brad Nessler
Bradley "Brad" Nessler is an American sportscaster, who currently calls college basketball and college football games for ESPN with occasional appearances on ESPN on ABC. He will also call Thursday Night Football on NFL Network beginning in 2011, and appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports'...
, Paul Maguire
Paul Maguire
Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...
, Chris Schenkel
Chris Schenkel
Christopher Eugene "Chris" Schenkel was an American sportscaster. Over the course of five decades he called play-by-play for numerous sports on television and radio, becoming known for his smooth delivery and baritone voice.-Early life and career:Schenkel began his broadcasting career at radio...
, Bill Russell
Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...
, Al Trautwig
Al Trautwig
Al Trautwig is a commentator with the MSG Network, NBC, Versus, and USA Network. He does the pre-game and post-game shows for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, as well as fill-in play-by-play for both teams.-Early life:...
and Bruce Jenner
Bruce Jenner
William Bruce Jenner is a former U.S. track and field athlete, motivational speaker, socialite and television personality. He won the gold medal for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics....
.
Sportscast Stars Training
Pursuing a shared passion with his wife, Annie Hoffman Goodrich, they founded Sportscast Stars Training in 2008, a company that provides media training to professional and college athletes as well as broadcasters and producers.Awards and recognition
Goodrich has received 15 Sports Emmy AwardsSports Emmy Awards
The Sports Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American sports television programming, including sports-related series, live coverage of sporting events, and best sports announcers...
, most recently as a producer for the 1990 Indy 500 coverage, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special. He also captured two Emmys as a co-producer of ABC’s coverage of the 1982 and 1989 Indianapolis 500. Goodrich also received one Emmy each as a producer for ABC’s coverage of the 1984 and 1976 Summer Olympics; one each for coverage of the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics; one as a producer for ABC’s NCAA Football series and five as a producer on ABC’s Wide World of Sports (1975, 1976, 1986, 1989 and 1990).
In addition to the 15 Emmy Awards Goodrich has won, he has also been nominated for 29 additional Emmy Awards, including a 2006 nomination for his work on ESPN’s College Football.
Goodrich has been recognized for his accomplishments during his high school football career at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas by being inducted into the Texas Sports High School Hall of Fame in May 2009. Also in 2009, he was inducted into Woodrow Wilson High School’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his excellence as a student and an athlete and for his lifetime of professional achievements.
Credits (partial)
Numerals- 2006-2009 ESPN College FootballESPN College FootballESPN College Football is the branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I FBS college football across ESPN properties, including ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, and ESPN Radio...
(producer) - 1998 World Cup of Soccer (FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
) (coordinating producer) - 1991 Super Bowl XXVSuper Bowl XXVSuper Bowl XXV was an American football game played on January 27, 1991 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1990 regular season. The National Football Conference Champion New York Giants defeated the American Football Conference ...
pregame, halftime, post game (producer) - 1990 New York City MarathonNew York City MarathonThe New York City Marathon is a major annual marathon that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is one of the largest marathons in the world, with 45,103 finishers in 2010...
(producer) - 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games (producer)
- 1987-2005 NCAA Football (producer)
- 1985 Super Bowl XIXSuper Bowl XIXSuper Bowl XIX was an American football game played on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1984 regular season...
(producer) - 1982 U.S. Open (golf)U.S. Open (golf)The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
(producer) - 1980-1986 NFL Monday Night FootballMonday Night FootballMonday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
(producer) - 1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games (producer)
- 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran II (producer)
- 1976-1979 NCAA Football (producer)
- 1976 Games of the XXI Olympiad (producer)
- 1976 XXI Winter Olympic Games (producer)
- 1971-1996 ABC's Wide World of Sports (producer)
- 1970-2003 Indianapolis 500Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
(producer, associate producer, production assistant) - 1966 ABC's College FootballCollege Football on ABCESPN College Football on ABC presented by Kay Jewelers is a presentation of the American Broadcasting Company's regular season American college football television package...
(producer)
- British OpenBritish OpenThe British Open is the Open Championship men's golf tournament.British Open may also refer to:* Women's British Open of golf* British Open Show Jumping Championships* British Open Squash Championships...
- PGA ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipThe PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
- North American Soccer LeagueNorth American Soccer LeagueNorth American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
- ABC’s Monday Night BaseballMonday Night BaseballMonday Night Baseball is a live game telecast of Major League Baseball that airs most Monday nights during the regular season on ESPN and is also available in high definition on ESPNHD. The official name of the game is Monday Night Baseball presented by Vonage. The game starts at 7 p.m...
- American LeagueAmerican LeagueThe American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
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