Curt Menefee | |
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| Born | July 22, 1965 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Coe College (BA) Northwestern University (MA) |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Known for | Host of Fox NFL Sunday |
Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American broadcaster who hosts the Fox Network's NFL pregame show Fox NFL Sunday . [1] [2] He is also the co-anchor of Good Day New York on Fox's New York City flagship station, WNYW.
Menefee was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. [3] [4]
Menefee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. [2] At Coe, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and inducted into the Sigma Nu Hall of Fame in 2016. He gave the commencement speech at Coe College in 2010 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in Journalism. In 2021, Menefee was attending Northwestern University enrolled in the university's Master's in Public Policy & Administration program with plans to relocate to Chicago full-time. [5]
Prior to joining Fox Sports full-time, he was a sports reporter for MSG Network's SportsDesk show. Prior to that, he was the sports anchor for WNYW, New York City's Fox flagship station. He also appeared on-air on WTLV in Jacksonville, Florida. He also hosted a radio show on the popular Dallas, Texas sports radio station KTCK ("1310 The Ticket"). He worked at WISC-TV (CBS) in Madison, Wisconsin as a sports anchor and reporter. He was also the sports anchor for Dallas-Fort Worth's then-independent station and now CBS affiliate KTVT.
He began his career at Fox Sports in 1997 as a sideline reporter, then moved to play-by-play for Fox's NFL Europe and Fox NFL coverage on FOX Sports and FSN.
In 2007, Menefee became the host of Fox NFL Sunday . [2]
On May 24, 2008, Menefee made an appearance on MLB on Fox . He held play-by-play duties alongside José Mota during a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox.
On May 22, 2010, Menefee hosted Fox's coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich in the first broadcast of that tournament's championship game on over-the-air broadcast television in the United States. [6]
On November 12, 2011, Menefee became the host of the UFC on Fox with Randy Couture and Jon Jones. [2] He continued to serve as host until ESPN took the rights to broadcast UFC. [7]
In 2015, he hosted the inaugural coverage of FOX Sports coverage of the U.S. Open Championship in 2015. [2]
On February 8, 2020, Menefee called an XFL game between the LA Wildcats and the Houston Roughnecks.
In 2023, Menefee hosted Fox’s inaugural coverage of the Belmont Stakes.
On January 7, 2024, WNYW announced that Menefee will co-host Good Day New York starting on January 16, 2024. [8] He will continue to host Fox NFL Sunday.
Menefee called the NFL preseason for the Jaguars TV network from 2005 to 2007. He formerly called play-by-play for Seattle Seahawks preseason games from 2008 through the 2022 season, with Michael Robinson, Dave Wyman, and Matt Devlin doing color commentary on KCPQ and KZJO (replay). [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Menefee also provided ringside commentary for Top Rank's coverage of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Showtime Championship Boxing . [15] On January 7, 2012, Menefee announced he was leaving ShoBox. [16]
Menefee resides in Los Angeles, California.
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