Legendary sports broadcaster Jim Nantz will call his last Final Four at the end of the 2022-23 college basketball season, CBS Sports confirmed. Though he is stepping away from NCAA Tournament coverage, Nantz is staying with CBS Sports for coverage of the NFL and golf.
Nantz's first NCAA Tournament as a broadcaster came in 1986, the year after the field expanded to 64 teams. He worked as a studio host before transitioning to play-by-play for the 1991 Final Four. Ever since, he's been on the microphone calling some of the sport's most memorable games on its grandest stage.
At 63, Nantz cited a desire to spend more time with his family in remarks to the New York Post about his decision to leave the NCAA Tournament broadcast team. Fittingly, his last Final Four will be in Houston, which is where he attended college and got his start in the broadcasting industry.