Roy Philpott joined ESPN as a play-by-play announcer in 2013, calling college
football, basketball and baseball games. Prior to ESPN, Philpott served as a
lead publisher for Fox Sports, which included the launch and development of two
of the largest team-specific web sites in the Scout.com family of networks. He
also served as a radio host on a variety of stations in South Carolina since
2003, most recently with 105.5 The Roar in Clemson, S.C. Philpott was
designated the lead play-by-play announcer for WLOS in Asheville, N.C. starting
in 2008. While there, he called numerous high school and college football
games, in addition to minor league baseball for the ABC affiliate. During that
same time period, he served as the voice for Clemson baseball and Clemson
women’s basketball on the radio side as well, while also hosting numerous pre-
and post-game shows for football and men’s basketball. Follow the show on
Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.
