Bill Macatee
Bill Macatee (born November 17, 1955) is an American sports broadcaster for CBS Sports and Tennis Channel.
Early life and education
Macatee was born in
Career
Macatee became Sports Director at
Macatee began his network sports broadcasting career with
Macatee joined
Joining CBS Sports in 1995, Macatee served as a tower announcer and handled post-round, network interviews for
Macatee co-anchored weekend coverage of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan for CBS Sports and also served as a studio host for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino, Italy (NBC/USA Network).
In tennis, Macatee was the lead CBS play-by-play announcer for the U.S. Open Tennis Championships (taking over from Dick Enberg in 2012) and other ATP and WTA events.
For 16 years (1998 - 2013) Macatee did play-by-play for the
Additionally, Macatee served as the main play-by-play voice and studio host for the cable network
In 2013, Macatee joined The Vistria Group, a Chicago private equity firm, first serving as a Senior Advisor to the firm and then as Partner. Macatee has been a Director on multiple privately-held company boards, as well as the Advisory Board of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Foundation.
Macatee spent two years as an adjunct professor at Chapman University in Southern California, teaching Sports Media at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Macatee served as a Trustee at Lamar University from 2016-2019. He was named Distinguished Alumnus at Lamar University in 2010 and gave the Commencement Address for the university's graduating class in May 2014.
In 2018, Macatee was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also in the El Paso (Tx) Sports Hall of Fame and in 2011 was Grand Marshall of the Sun Bowl Parade. [5]
Personal life
He is father to Caitlin Macatee, a comedian.[6] In 2014, Macatee married Sonya Lee. They reside in Dallas, Texas.[7]
References
- ^ Being There: 100 Sports Pros Talk About the Best Sporting Events They Ever Witnessed Firsthand[permanent dead link] by Eric Mirlis (Guilford CT: The Lyons Press, 2007), p. 170. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
- ^ a b c "CBS Press Express – PGA TOUR ON CBS". cbspressexpress.com.
- ^ Walz, Steve (September 17, 1982). "Macatee signs". Rome News-Tribune. p. 31. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
- ^ a b "Bill Macatee". tennischannel.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Press Release".
- ^ "CBS Sports TV Team". Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-11. [dead link]
- ^ "'Lonesome Dove' actors to reunite at autism benefit". dallasnews.com.