Bill Macatee Biography
Bill Macatee is an American sports commentator for CBS Sports and Tennis. He began his career in broadcast broadcasting on NBC in 1982 as the youngest radio announcer in the industry. It covers many events for NBC Sports, including Wimbledon, Super Bowl, Rose Bowl and World Series.
Bill Macatee Wiki
- Name: Bill Macatee
- Birthday: November 17, 1955
- Place of Birth: Rome, New York, United States
- Gender: Male
- Height: n/a
- Weight: n/a
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Journalist
- Married/Single: Married
Bill Macatee Age
He was born on November 17, 1955, in Rome, New York, United States.
Bill Macatee Height and Weight
He stands tall at anaverage body height and has an average body weight
Bill Macatee Wife
He married his wife Sonya Lee, a marketing executive On May 10, 2014. They live in Dallas, Texas. He was previously married to India Allen. Allen is an actress.
Bill Macatee Children
He is the father to Caitlin Macatee, an up-and-coming comedian and author.
Bill Macatee Career
He hosted NBC’s pre-game show for this week’s Major League Baseball game for four years and hosted a variety of events for the network’s sports anthology show, NBC Sportsworld. He was also a sports reporter for The Age and Sports on NBC News’ Sunrise and Sunday Today channels.
He also hosted the USA Today television show.
He joined USA Network in 1990 as a sportscaster. From 1991 to 2006, it licensed the network’s PGA Tour coverage, including the Thursday/Friday Butler Lodge Masters broadcast and the Ryder Cup broadcast. Other duties include representing Team USA on a match-by-match basis.
Roland Garros hosts the Tennis Open and Roland Garros. He hosted CBS at the 1998 Summer Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and USA Network at the 2006 Summer Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Bill Macatee CBS
He has worked as a tower announcer since joining CBS Sports in 1995 and hosted post-conference webcasts for the Masters and PGA Championship. He has also replaced Jim Nantz at other PGA Tour events and has featured in CBS’s LPGA Championship and various Champions tournaments. He hosted the Golf Channel series “Greatest Rounds” in 2015.
He participated with CBS Sports on the weekend broadcast of the 1998 Summer Olympics held in Nagano, Japan.
He is the leading CBS live broadcaster of tennis, the US Open, and other ATP and WTA events. From 1998 to 2013, Makati broadcast live in the NFL on CBS.
He also works on NCAA basketball for CBS Sports, including the NCAA Tournament and the NCAA Men’s Division II Basketball National Championship Game. He has appeared in webcasts in various sports, including figure skating, skiing, track and field, gymnastics, boxing, and even sumo wrestling.
He has been the main voice in the voice-over and studio of wire mesh tennis, including the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open.
He graduated from Burgess High School in El Paso. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas in 1978. Delta Tau is a member of the Delta International Fellowship. During college, Tyler worked for KLTV-TV in Texas and KTVV-TV in Austin, Texas. He became the sports director of KBMT-TV in Beaumont, Texas and was hired by Bill Paradoski.
He then worked for KMBC-TV in Kansas City and then for 3 years at WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas.
He joined Chicago-based private equity firm The Vistria Group in 2013 as a Senior Advisor. Makati serves in various corporate associations, including the USTA Foundation’s advisory board. He was an assistant professor for two years at Chapman University in Southern California and taught football at the Dodge School of Film and Media Arts. He served as a trustee at Lamar University.
Bill Macatee Net Worth
His estimated net worth is under review
Bill Macatee Education
He was named Lamar University’s Distinguished Alumnus in 2010 and gave the graduate school its starting address in May 2014. Makati was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 2018 and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.