Derrin Horton |
Derrin Horton has been covering college and professional sports for last 22 years.
He has hosted, anchored, reported and called play by play for some of the largest sports networks in America. Since 2004 Horton has hosted a variety of studio shows for NFL Network, including, "NFL Total Access", "Point After", "College Football Now", and "Path to the Draft." In addition to hosting, Horton has reported from the sidelines for all of NFL Network's productions including "NFL Gameday Morning," and "Total Access on Location."
Before joining NFL Network he spent the previous 5 years at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles where he anchored, "Sports Central," and was the main feature reporter for Channel 9's coverage of Los Angeles Lakers basketball. Telling stories is one of his genuine passions and while at KCAL Horton won an Emmy for his coverage of the Special Olympics.
Horton was born in Washington, D.C., but moved to New York City when he was five years old and grew up in various parts of the city (Harlem, Jamaica, Astoria and Flushing). When he was thirteen his family moved to Hollis, Queens, most noted as the hometown of rap stars RUN DMC. He attended Holy Cross High School where he played football and basketball, was a member of the debate team and wrote for the school newspaper. While he enjoyed playing sports his favorite activity was doing the public address announcing for many of the high school's sporting events.
Horton attended Syracuse University where he received a dual degree in Broadcast Journalism and Political Philosophy. At Syracuse he joined the renowned student station WAER Radio where he learned the craft of calling play by play. He also received valuable writing and production experience during college interning and working at CBS Sports, WFAN Radio, WCBS-TV, WTVH-TV, and WSTM-TV.
After Syracuse he began his professional career in Canton, OH as a radio broadcaster for WHBC. Six months later he moved to Greensboro, NC to host "Black College Sports Today," a weekly sports magazine show which covered the nation's historically black colleges on ESPN. He also worked for WXII-TV, the NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem, NC where he covered Wake Forest, Duke, UNC and NC State football and basketball as well as the NASCAR circuit.
After spending 2-years in North Carolina, he packed his bags and headed to the Midwest to anchor weekend sports for WLWT-TV (NBC Affiliate) in Cincinnati. From there it was on to Chicago to WFLD-TV (Fox Affiliate) where he hosted all the Chicago Bears programming, and covered the comeback of Michael Jordan with the Bulls. The next stop was KDNL-TV, in St Louis where he covered the Rams first season in Missouri and Mark McGwire's record breaking home run chase with the Cardinals.
In September of 1998 Horton moved to Los Angeles and began working for Fox Sports Net as a sideline reporter on the Conference USA package. He eventually began calling college football and basketball as a play by play announcer for ESPN. He's also called games for ABC Sports, NFL Network and Fox Sports Net's coverage of NFL Europe as well as working as a sideline reporter for CBS Sports' coverage of "The Road to the Final 4," and NBC Sports' "Bayou Classic."
During his free time Derrin enjoys volunteering for a number of causes and leads a men's bible study. He also enjoys being active by playing basketball and working out. He's even competed against professional athletes in the Spike TV reality show, "Pros vs. Joes" where he finished second in the competition, losing in overtime.
He has hosted, anchored, reported and called play by play for some of the largest sports networks in America. Since 2004 Horton has hosted a variety of studio shows for NFL Network, including, "NFL Total Access", "Point After", "College Football Now", and "Path to the Draft." In addition to hosting, Horton has reported from the sidelines for all of NFL Network's productions including "NFL Gameday Morning," and "Total Access on Location."
Before joining NFL Network he spent the previous 5 years at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles where he anchored, "Sports Central," and was the main feature reporter for Channel 9's coverage of Los Angeles Lakers basketball. Telling stories is one of his genuine passions and while at KCAL Horton won an Emmy for his coverage of the Special Olympics.
Horton was born in Washington, D.C., but moved to New York City when he was five years old and grew up in various parts of the city (Harlem, Jamaica, Astoria and Flushing). When he was thirteen his family moved to Hollis, Queens, most noted as the hometown of rap stars RUN DMC. He attended Holy Cross High School where he played football and basketball, was a member of the debate team and wrote for the school newspaper. While he enjoyed playing sports his favorite activity was doing the public address announcing for many of the high school's sporting events.
Horton attended Syracuse University where he received a dual degree in Broadcast Journalism and Political Philosophy. At Syracuse he joined the renowned student station WAER Radio where he learned the craft of calling play by play. He also received valuable writing and production experience during college interning and working at CBS Sports, WFAN Radio, WCBS-TV, WTVH-TV, and WSTM-TV.
After Syracuse he began his professional career in Canton, OH as a radio broadcaster for WHBC. Six months later he moved to Greensboro, NC to host "Black College Sports Today," a weekly sports magazine show which covered the nation's historically black colleges on ESPN. He also worked for WXII-TV, the NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem, NC where he covered Wake Forest, Duke, UNC and NC State football and basketball as well as the NASCAR circuit.
After spending 2-years in North Carolina, he packed his bags and headed to the Midwest to anchor weekend sports for WLWT-TV (NBC Affiliate) in Cincinnati. From there it was on to Chicago to WFLD-TV (Fox Affiliate) where he hosted all the Chicago Bears programming, and covered the comeback of Michael Jordan with the Bulls. The next stop was KDNL-TV, in St Louis where he covered the Rams first season in Missouri and Mark McGwire's record breaking home run chase with the Cardinals.
In September of 1998 Horton moved to Los Angeles and began working for Fox Sports Net as a sideline reporter on the Conference USA package. He eventually began calling college football and basketball as a play by play announcer for ESPN. He's also called games for ABC Sports, NFL Network and Fox Sports Net's coverage of NFL Europe as well as working as a sideline reporter for CBS Sports' coverage of "The Road to the Final 4," and NBC Sports' "Bayou Classic."
During his free time Derrin enjoys volunteering for a number of causes and leads a men's bible study. He also enjoys being active by playing basketball and working out. He's even competed against professional athletes in the Spike TV reality show, "Pros vs. Joes" where he finished second in the competition, losing in overtime.
