EP 047: Joe Van Goor, South Dakota Coyotes
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In this episode I chat with Joe Van Goor who is the voice of football and men’s basketball at the University of South Dakota. He’s also my co-worker! Topics we discuss include:
- He talks about applying for his first radio job as a sophomore in high school.
- Bouncing around colleges until he found his first job.
- Whether education or experience is more important in growing as a sportscaster.
- He talks about working with future MLB broadcaster Lane Grindle and future North Dakota State broadcaster Jeff Culhane at the beginning of their careers.
- Covering both sides of the heated South Dakota vs South Dakota State rivalry.
- His path to becoming an NCAA D1 Broadcaster.
- How he reacted to to losing the broadcast rights to a small college and how he got them back a few years later.
- Being in the right place at the right time when USD went D1.
- The importance of radio in South Dakota.
- The romanticism of covering high school football in small towns.
- How his famously loud voice almost got in him in trouble during a pregame show.
- His broadcast horror stories.
- Who his favorite broadcasters to listen to are on a night off.
- And much more!
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