He received the Circle of Gold medal from Florida State University for outstanding service to the university. And for 18 consecutive years was named the Best Play-by-Play Announcer in Florida by the Florida Sportscasters Association. He has been named Florida Sportscaster of the Year by members of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association 14 times. The Florida Community College Activities Hall of Fame tabbed Gene for induction in 2004. In 2000, Deckerhoff was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame and two years later was inducted into the Florida State University Athletics Hall of Fame. By his own count, Gene has uttered his signature “TOUCHDOWN FSU” 2,218 times. He has called 529 Seminole football games and over 60 percent (1,324) of the Noles men’s basketball games. “I will finish my commitment to the Buccaneer Radio Network and who knows maybe broadcast another Super Bowl.”ĭeckerhoff, 76, began calling Seminole men’s basketball games in 1974, assumed FSU football play-by-play duties in 1979, and added his role as play-by-play announcer for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1989. “A life’s work that reads like a best selling novel played out on the radio. “It has been a lifetime of great moments-great players, great coaches, great games, great memories, and most of all great Seminole fans,” said Deckerhoff. In 2019, he accepted the George Langford Award for a Lifetime of Service to Florida State University presented by the Seminole Boosters Board of Directors along with close friend Coach Bobby Bowden. Deckerhoff is a bona fide legend in broadcasting and among the most heralded and beloved announcers in the history of college and professional sports.Īmong a staggering list of awards and honors presented to Deckerhoff is the 2013 National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame’s Chris Schenkel Award, the prestigious Lindsey Nelson Award for broadcasting excellence in 2015 and the Woody Durham – Voice of College Football Award presented by the National Sports Media Association. Gene Deckerhoff, the Voice of the Seminoles for 43 years, has announced that he will retire following his radio broadcast of FSU’s spring football game on April 9. Learfield and FSU athletics will team up to locate Deckerhoff’s replacement in the coming months. And I think he was even more excited about us calling the plays than we were during that spring game.” It gave an old guy like me new appreciation for the work they do. Coach Norvell, he wanted us to do that and invited us to do it. And it moves at the speed of light and you just have to tip your hat to those coordinators. “I’ve been a broadcast guy.and I have never had that experience,” he said in an interview with Tomahawk Nation. TN Exclusive: One on One with the Voice of the Seminoles Gene Deckerhoff
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