The Voice of the Spiders, Bob Black
Position: Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications
Alma Mater: Syracuse
Bob Black, Assistant Athletic Director of Communications, and a voice synonymous with University of Richmond athletics, provides the play-by-play account for Spider football and men's basketball broadcasts on radio, television and SpiderTV. Black has called Spider athletic events since the 1983-84 basketball season and has been behind the microphone for every NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game that Richmond has ever played, including the 1988 and 2011 Sweet 16 appearances.
Black called the football team's run to the 2008 National Championship and the baseball team's appearance in the NCAA Super Regional in 2002. Black hosts weekly radio call-in shows with head men's basketball coach Chris Mooney and head football coach Danny Rocco on ESPN 950AM and RichmondSpiders.com. Black is a four-time (1997, 2000, 2008, 2010) Virginia Sportscaster of the Year award winner.
Black joined the athletic department staff full time when he was named Director of Broadcast & Internet Properties in 2001. From there, Black was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Communications in 2005, directing five full-time staff members in the athletic public relations department. Black’s responsibilities also include managing Spider radio, television and internet properties.
Prior to joining the athletic department on a full-time basis, Black was Program Director and afternoon sports talk show host at WRNL-AM. Black spent 11 years as play-by-play voice of the Triple-A Richmond Braves baseball team and served as morning and weekend sports anchor at CBS affiliate, WTVR Channel 6.
A 1981 graduate of Syracuse University, Black and his wife, Karen reside in Richmond. They have a son, Will (19), who is a junior at Roanoke College, where he is a two-time All-ODAC catcher on the baseball team, and a daughter, Sarah (25), a 2012 graduate of Bridgewater (Va.) College, where she rode on the equestrian team. Both children are graduates of Mills Godwin High School.
Position: Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications
Alma Mater: Syracuse
Bob Black, Assistant Athletic Director of Communications, and a voice synonymous with University of Richmond athletics, provides the play-by-play account for Spider football and men's basketball broadcasts on radio, television and SpiderTV. Black has called Spider athletic events since the 1983-84 basketball season and has been behind the microphone for every NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game that Richmond has ever played, including the 1988 and 2011 Sweet 16 appearances.
Black called the football team's run to the 2008 National Championship and the baseball team's appearance in the NCAA Super Regional in 2002. Black hosts weekly radio call-in shows with head men's basketball coach Chris Mooney and head football coach Danny Rocco on ESPN 950AM and RichmondSpiders.com. Black is a four-time (1997, 2000, 2008, 2010) Virginia Sportscaster of the Year award winner.
Black joined the athletic department staff full time when he was named Director of Broadcast & Internet Properties in 2001. From there, Black was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Communications in 2005, directing five full-time staff members in the athletic public relations department. Black’s responsibilities also include managing Spider radio, television and internet properties.
Prior to joining the athletic department on a full-time basis, Black was Program Director and afternoon sports talk show host at WRNL-AM. Black spent 11 years as play-by-play voice of the Triple-A Richmond Braves baseball team and served as morning and weekend sports anchor at CBS affiliate, WTVR Channel 6.
A 1981 graduate of Syracuse University, Black and his wife, Karen reside in Richmond. They have a son, Will (19), who is a junior at Roanoke College, where he is a two-time All-ODAC catcher on the baseball team, and a daughter, Sarah (25), a 2012 graduate of Bridgewater (Va.) College, where she rode on the equestrian team. Both children are graduates of Mills Godwin High School.
