Broadcasting Play-by-play īeginning with the 2004 NFL season, Durham also took on the radio play-by-play duties for the Atlanta Falcons in addition to his responsibilities at Georgia Tech.
Notable calls were the 19 thrillers between Tech and the Georgia Bulldogs, Calvin Johnson's game winning catch at Clemson in 2004, Will Bynums game winning layup in the Final Four in 2004, and Nesbitt taking back his own fumble against Florida State in 2009.Īfter Durham left his role at Georgia Tech in 2013, his duties were taken over by Brandon Gaudin. Durham was known for making exciting calls while having a lot of charisma. Later on Durham worked with Jeff Van Note and Rick Strom during the remainder of his time at GT. Durham was paired with former Tech QB Kim King until King died in 2003. In 1997, he was also named Tech's Director of Broadcasting. He then spent three years at Vanderbilt University.ĭurham came to Georgia Tech in the fall of 1995. After graduating in 1988, he had stints as the radio announcer for the athletic teams at Marshall University and Radford University. He then went to Elon College and learned about broadcasting while working as an undergraduate assistant on the Elon Sports Network and local radio station WBAG. Wes worked as a disc jockey for a roller rink and for a radio station during high school. Growing up in that environment gave Wes the opportunity to see behind the scenes of sports and sports broadcasting. Biography Early life ĭurham's father, Woody Durham, was the "Voice of the Tar Heels" for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for forty years. He was also Georgia Tech's Director of Broadcasting and is the radio play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Falcons.
He works telecasts of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) due to his experience broadcasting in the conference.ĭurham served as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Georgia Tech football and men's basketball teams from the start of the 1995-1996 season through 2010, and continued to announce the basketball games through 2013. He is a play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports and ACC Network coverage of college football and basketball. Dallas Wesley "Wes" Durham (born Januin Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American sportscaster.
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