Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett has been working as a color commentator for NBC Sports’ college football coverage over the past couple of years and has been doing a pretty solid job. But will he be a part of NBC’s broadcast team in 2024?
On Tuesday, NBC announced its team for its Notre Dame games this coming season. Returning to the lineup on play-by-play after about eight years is Dan Hicks, along with sideline reporter Zora Stephenson.
As for Garrett, he is officially back.
“NBC Sports’ unprecedented 34th season broadcasting Notre Dame Football will have veteran play-by-play voice Dan Hicks, analyst Jason Garrett, and reporter Zora Stephenson as the broadcast crew. Hicks returns to South Bend after calling Fighting Irish games from 2013-2016. Garrett, who is also an analyst on FNIA, had a 12-year career in the NFL as a quarterback and spent 16 years as an NFL coach, including nine as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Stephenson returns to the Notre Dame sidelines for the third consecutive season,” NBC Sports said in a statement.
The real headline is that Jac Collinsworth, son of Sunday Night Football’s longtime color commentator Cris Collinsworth, is out as the play-by-play man.
There’s no shortage of people who believe that Garrett deserves to share the same fate as Collinsworth. But NBC seems more than satisfied with what he’s given them so far.