The Marshall Thundering Herd played Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in a Conference-USA pod playoff game at the Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, La. on Sunday, 28Feb2019. TOM MORRIS Photo/LATechSportsPix.com. c.2019. Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Ruston, La. All Rights Reserved.
The longtime voice of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Dave Nitz has decided to retire as the radio voice of football and basketball, but will still call baseball games. The 78-year-old Nitz says he’s been considering this transition for quite some time.
“I’ve been kind of mulling it over I guess you might say for a year or so but it finally got to a point to where I said it’s maybe time for somebody else to handle the football and basketball.”
Nitz has been the voice of Tech athletics for over four decades and has called over 4,000 games as he enters his 48th season of Bulldog baseball. Despite his long career in Ruston, the West Virginia native says he never thought he’d be here this long.
“In radio about every three years you kind of move around to different places and I landed at Louisiana Tech in 1974 and I was thinking in about three years we’ll be back to Ohio or West Virginia or somewhere like that.”
Nitz will certainly miss calling football and basketball, and he hopes the fans enjoyed his time in the booth.
“I hope the fans have enjoyed what I’ve tried to do and bring to the radio each and every Saturday or each and every basketball game and football game, whatever it may be.”
Nitz was inducted as a member of the LA Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
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