Keith, Mike

Category:
2021 Inductee
Year Inducted:
2021
University:
University of Tennessee
Team:
Tennessee Titans

Biography

Mike Keith is an award-winning broadcaster, Voice of the Tennessee Titans, and one of the longest-tenured, and youngest NFL voices. As Keith enters year 24 with the Tennessee Titans, he just keeps on rolling as one of the NFL’s most-honored announcers. He has been named Tennessee’s Sportscaster of the Year 11 times, won over 20 Associated Press awards, owns a 1997 Edward R. Murrow Award, and is a member of four Halls of Fame.

On January 8, 2000, Keith called one of the greatest plays in NFL history, “The Music City Miracle,” a last-second touchdown that gave the Tennessee Titans a playoff win over the Buffalo Bills. ESPN named Titans Radio’s description of the play as one of the 10 best radio calls in American sports history. Since 1999, Keith has called over 450 Titans games, including 17 total Playoff games, three AFC Championship Games, and Super Bowl XXXIV. Keith’s voice has become synonymous with the Titans organization, and his play-calling style is beloved amongst Titans fans.

As the Titans’ Vice President of Broadcasting, Keith has a variety of duties outside of calling the Titans games on Sundays. He hosts multiple Titans Radio shows, The Mike Vrabel Show and Titans All Access television programs, and the official Tennessee Titans podcast known as The OTP.

Keith also calls Tennessee state high school championship events as part of the Titans’ relationship with the TSSAA, hosts shows on Sirius XM NFL Radio, and has done play-by-play work for ESPN and the SEC Network. Keith is an in-demand emcee, spokesman, and speaker all over the Mid-South.

After starting his broadcast career at WAGG-TV at age 17, Keith worked for the legendary John Ward with the Vol Radio Network from 1987-1998. He also hosted one of Tennessee’s first daily sports talk shows from 1989-1998 on WIVK-AM in Knoxville and covered University of Tennessee Sports for both WIVK-FM and WBIR-TV.

A native Tennessean, Keith was born in Knoxville and raised in Franklin. He is a graduate of Battle Ground Academy and the University of Tennessee. He and his wife, Michelle, have two children, Abby and Matthew, and two golden retrievers, “Major” and “Molly.”

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