
FOX Sports made announced several big additions to their college football broadcast team for the upcoming season.
The network officially
announced
the hires of former coaches Les Miles and Mark Helfrich, as well as
former Florida State and NFL quarterback and ESPN analyst Danny Kanell.
We are thrilled to have Mark, Les and Danny join FOX Sports
for what is going to be our best college football season yet, John
Entz, FOX Sports President of Production & Executive Producer said. Mark and Les give us decades of coaching experience and an inside
knowledge of the college game, while Danny is a polished broadcaster
with a great reputation. We can't wait to get the season started later
this week.
Helfrich, who coached at Oregon from 2013-16, will call games
alongside play-by-play announcer Justin Kutcher and fellow color
commentator Petros Papdakis. The trio will open the season with
Saturday’s game between Maryland and Texas at 12:00 pm ET on FS1.
Miles, a former national and multi-time SEC champion at LSU, will
take on his first broadcasting position by making his debut in Week 3
joining play-by-play announcer Tim Brando, fellow analyst Spencer
Tillman and sideline reporter Holly Sonders for Northern Illinois at
Nebraska on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 12:00 pm ET on FS1.
Kanell will join play-by-play announcer Eric Collins and fellow
analyst AJ Hawk for Liberty at Baylor at 7:00 pm ET on FS2 in Week 1.
The former Florida State standout has contributed to ESPN broadcasts
from 2010-17 as a college football game and studio analyst, as well as
co-host for the weekday radio show “Rusillo & Kanell.”