KEVIN BURKHARDT BIO

Versatile broadcaster Kevin Burkhardt hosts Major League Baseball studio coverage for FOX Sports and calls play-by-play for the network’s MLB and NFL coverage. He also serves as a studio host for FOX Sports’ college basketball coverage. For the 2020 NFL season, Burkhardt teams with veteran analyst and three-time Super Bowl champion Daryl "Moose" Johnston and longtime reporter Pam Oliver. Additionally, Burkhardt calls select games for FOX Sports Sun, the television home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Burkhardt has been the lead studio host of the network’s highly acclaimed MLB Postseason coverage since 2014. He joined FOX Sports in 2013 as an NFL play-by-play announcer, sharing the booth with nine-time NFL Pro Bowler John Lynch before working alongside Charles Davis from 2017-2019.

Prior to joining FOX Sports, Burkhardt was a mainstay on the radio waves. He called NFL games nationally for Compass Media before earning the national spot for the Dallas Cowboys from 2011-2012.

In 2007, Burkhardt gained notoriety as a SportsNet New York (SNY) field reporter for New York Mets television broadcasts. His role gradually expanded to include play-by-play duties for select Spring Training and regular season games, pre- and postgame shows and hosting the off-season program "Mets Hot Stove." Other SNY duties included hosting "SNY Spotlight" and reporting for "SportsNite." Burkhardt also made his presence known as a guest on SNY programs "Jets Extra Point" and "Daily News Live," as well as regular segments on CN8 in Philadelphia’s nightly "Out of Bounds" program.

While working for a local car dealership in 2003, Burkhardt decided to give his dream of earning a living as a sports broadcaster one last shot when he caught a break at WCBS-AM in New York City working part-time shifts on sports updates. Until then, Burkhardt worked in local radio, including calling minor league baseball for four years for an independent team.

After the car dealership, Burkhardt landed a job with WFAN, the biggest sports station in the country, offering 20/20 updates and contributing as the New York Jets reporter. Since getting his break in sports broadcasting, Burkhardt has appeared as the celebrity endorser of Pine Belt Chevrolet, his former employer, in Eatontown, N.J.

In 2019, Burkhardt and his wife established the Kevin and Rachel Burkhardt Scholarship at William Paterson University in New Jersey, their alma mater, for a fulltime student majoring in Communications and preparing for a career in broadcast journalism. A New Jersey native, Burkhardt and his family reside in Los Angeles. In his spare time, Burkhardt enjoys golfing.