Duke broadcaster Bob Harris to retire

Bob Harris, the play-by-play radio announcer of Duke football and men’s basketball since 1976, will retire following the 2016-17 basketball season, the university announced Tuesday.

Harris enters the coming school year having called 459 consecutive Duke football games, the last 35 years alongside analyst Wes Chesson. On the court, his resume boasts 1,358 career basketball games called, including 10 NCAA championship games. He is the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in Atlantic Coast Conference history.

“His unwavering passion for Duke came through each and every broadcast over the past four decades,” Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a press release. “Without a doubt, Bob has produced some of the greatest calls in Duke history, if not all of sports, during that time.”

Harris has been awarded the North Carolina Broadcaster of the Year award three times and is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. He will hold a press conference at noon Wednesday to officially announce his upcoming retirement.

A replacement has not yet been named.

This story was originally published July 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM with the headline "Duke broadcaster Bob Harris to retire."