Guests
“ACC Nation” has had some of the biggest names in the sports and entertainment world on as guests.
The list includes …
- John Swofford, the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference
- Dick Vitale, the famed ESPN college-basketball broadcast analyst.
- John Feinstein, the author of several books, including A March to Madness, a chronicle of the 1996-1997 ACC basketball season.
- Andy Katz, an ESPN college-basketball analyst and contributing writer to ESPN.com.
- Erik Kuselius, an ESPN television and radio personality.
- Humorist Dave Barry.
- Stephanie Abrams, the cohost of “Abrams and Bettes” on The Weather Channel.
- Ayla Brown, a Boston College women’s basketball player and former “American Idol” contestant.
- Samantha Brown, the host of “Great Hotels” on The Travel Channel.
- Deidre Downs, Miss America 2002 and a former University of Virginia student-athlete.
- Phil Gordon, the host of “Celebrity Poker Showdown” on Bravo.
- David Glenn, the editor of the ACC Sports Journal and ACCSports.com
- Tommy Bowden, the football coach at Clemson.
- Woody Durham, the play-by-play voice of the North Carolina Tar Heels.
- Brenda Frese, the women’s basketball coach at the University of Maryland.
- Seth Greenberg, the men’s basketball coach at Virginia Tech
- Jim Grobe, the football coach at Wake Forest.
- Sylvia Hatchell, the women’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina.
- Mike Hogewood, host of “ACC Today” and an ACC basketball and football announcer.
- Dave Leitao, the men’s basketball coach at the University of Virginia.
- Steve Martin, a play-by-play broadcaster for Lincoln Financial-Jefferson Pilot Sports.
ACC Nation has a deep bench of regular guests who come on the show to offer their insight on goings-on in Atlantic Coast Conference sports.
- Dan Bonner, a college-basketball broadcast analyst whose regular gigs include Lincoln Financial-Jefferson Pilot Sports, Fox Sports Net and CBS Sports.
- Andrew Carter of the Orlando Sentinel, who covers Florida State football.
- Rachel Carter of The (Raleigh) News and Observer, who covers ACC women’s basketball.
- Luci Chavez of The (Raleigh) News and Observer, who covers Duke University basketball.
- Steven Conroy of The Boston Herald, who covers Boston College sports.
- Heather Dinich of the Baltimore Sun, who cover Maryland sports.
- Wes Durham, the play-by-play voice of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
- Johnny Holliday, the play-by-play voice of the Maryland Terrapins.
- Andrew Joyner, an analyst for Rivals.com.
- Adam Lucas, the publisher and editor of Tar Heel Monthly.
- Randy King of The Roanoke Times, who covers Virginia Tech football.
- Rob Mahini of the Good Ol’ Blog on TheSabre.com
- Beth Mowins, an ESPN women’s college-basketball announcer
- Manny Navarro of The Miami Herald, who covers Miami sports.
- Eric Prisbell of The Washington Post, who covers the national college-football scene.
- Mike Stevens of WDBJ-7 in Roanoke (Va.), who covers Virginia Tech sports.
- Mechelle Voepel, a college-basketball writer for The Kansas City Star and ESPN.com.
- Rick “Doc” Walker, a former Washington Redskins tight end who provides color commentary for Lincoln Financial-Jefferson Pilot ACC football broadcasts.
- Jeff White of The (Richmond) Times-Dispatch, who covers University of Virginia sports.
- Pete Yannity, the play-by-play voice of the Clemson Tigers.
And while we can’t call these guests “regulars,” the show has also been graced by the likes of …
- Alison Bales, a former Duke University basketball player.
- Mike Ballard, a former baseball player at the University of Virginia.
- Alana Beard, a former Duke basketball player who now stars for the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
- Amanda Blumenhurst, a golfer at Duke University.
- Stan Cotten, the play-by-play voice of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
- Gene DeFilippo, the athletics director at Boston College.
- Tom Dienhart, covers college sports for Sporting News.
- Darien Durant, a former quarterback at the University of North Carolina and Canadian Football League player.
- Dena Evans, a former basketball player at the University of Virginia.
- Mike Fox, the baseball coach at the University of North Carolina.
- Joe Giglio, reporter for News & Observer (Raleigh) and ACCNow blog
- Jonathan Givony, an NBA draft analyst at draftexpress.com.
- Gary Hahn, the play-by-play voice of the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
- Darryl Hammond, a former University of Virginia football player and longtime player in the Arena Football League.
- Homer Hickam, a Virginia Tech graduate and author of Rocket Boys.
- Jenn Hildreth, host of ACC All Access and FSN sideline reporter
- Jim Hobgood, a former University of Virginia basketball player who is currently the color commentator on UVa. basketball radio broadcasts.
- Heather Kahl Holmes, the volleyball coach at Wake Forest.
- Steve Lassan, the senior editor at football.com.
- Jennie Lee, a golfer at Duke University.
- Mitchell Light, a senior editor at Athlon Sports.
- Melissa Maikos, a sportscaster with WCTV in Tallahassee
- Mac McDonald, the play-by-play voice of the Virginia Cavaliers.
- Katie Meier, the women’s basketball coach at Miami.
- Kristi Miller, a tennis player at Georgia Tech.
- Mick Mixon, the play-by-play voice of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
- Tom O’Brien, the football coach at North Carolina State.
- Brian O’Connor, the baseball coach at the University of Virginia.
- Jerry Palm, the editor of collegerpi.com.
- Bob Rathbun, ACC play-by-play announcer and Voice of the Atlanta Hawks
- Jeff Reed, a former University of North Carolina placekicker who now plays for the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Danielle Romano - style guru and the editor-at-large of DailyCandy.com
- Bill Roth, the play-by-play voice of the Virginia Tech Hokies.
- Dawn Staley, a former University of Virginia women’s basketball player and WNBA and international-basketball legend who is now the head coach at Temple.
- Dom Starsia, the men’s lacrosse coach at the University of Virginia.
- Bryan Strickland of The Durham Herald-Sun, who covers Duke University sports.
- Mark Thomas, a sports-talk-show host on 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh, N.C.
- Brittany Timmons, a University of Virginia student who appeared in Playboy’s “Girls of the ACC” edition.
- Angela Tincher, a softball player at Virginia Tech.
- Emily Trycinski, a field-hockey player at the University of Maryland.
- Abby Waner, a women’s basketball player at Duke University.
- Randy Waters of WXIA-TV in Atlanta, Ga., who serves as the color commentator on Georgia Tech men’s basketball radio broadcasts.
- Kerry Watkins, a former Georgia Tech football player and Canadian Football League star.
- Ron Wellman, the athletics director at Wake Forest.
- Leah Wigger, a golfer at the University of Virginia.
- Matt Winkeljohn of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who covers Georgia Tech sports.
