Brian Anderson Biography
Brian Anderson was named Brewers play-by-play announcer on
January 10, 2007. The 2016 season marks his 10th as a Major
League broadcaster. Anderson has twice been honored with the
Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award, presented by the
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters of America (2013 and
2014). For the past eight seasons, Anderson has been tabbed by
TBS to do play-by-play for the network’s coverage of the
postseason. In 2011, he called the Brewers-Cardinals NLCS. In
2010, he was behind the mic for Roy Halladay’s historic no-hitter
for the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the NLDS vs. Cincinnati.
Since 2010, Anderson has called network play-by-play for Turner Sports’ Sunday MLB on
TBS package. He will continue to call select Sunday national games in 2016. In addition
to baseball, he has covered the NCAA Basketball Tournament for Turner/CBS Sports
since 2012, the NBA on TNT since 2014, and added the NFL on CBS in 2014.
Anderson joined the Brewers from the Golf Channel, where he was a play-by-play
announcer from 2003-06. In his role there, he served as a host for a variety of the
network’s events, including the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. Anderson also worked
at FOX Sports Southwest, calling NCAA college basketball from 2002-07 and serving as a
sideline reporter for the San Antonio Spurs from 1999-2007, where he saw the Spurs
win three NBA championships.
From 1998-2000, Anderson handled Minor League and Little League Baseball telecasts
for ESPN. He received his start in baseball with the Double-A San Antonio Missions of
the Texas League, serving as a radio/television play-by-play announcer from 1994-2003.
Anderson played catcher on the nationally-ranked baseball team at St. Mary’s University
(Texas) and graduated cum laude from the school in 1993 with a degree in Englishcommunications. His brother, Mike, had a stint in the majors as a pitcher with the
Cincinnati Reds (1993) and is currently a Major League scout with the Texas Rangers.
Brian and his wife, Michele, and daughter, Maddy, reside in Hartland, Wisconsin.