Dan Andros
grew up in the rough suburban town of , a town just 2 hours away
from . Inspired by his family's love for sports and other outdoor
activities, Dan rarely focused on school and instead honed his
skills in baseball, football, basketball, golf and motocross. He
excelled particularly in basketball and golf, as he played both in
high school and then went on to play basketball in college
(although due to excessive partying in college he had a very
lackluster career averaging a pathetic 6.7 points per game). His
teams assistant coach, Del Jackson, has been portrayed by Jeff
Fisher as a court-side reporter in several of the shows comedy
bits. The real Del Jackson is most fondly remembered for always
making the team bus drive far out of the way so they could eat at
Wendy's.
After narrowly graduating from college Dan concentrated
on one of the only careers dumb jocks can excel in, broadcasting.
But before getting his big break broadcasting, Dan worked in the
communications department of the multi billion dollar conglomerate
Fortune 500 company (drive thru) to make ends meet. But it wasn’t
long before Dan got his break and worked in one of the most storied
sports towns in American history, Richmond Virginia, at Sports
Radio
WRNL 910. There he
covered big sports franchises like The Richmond Braves (minor
league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves) and the Media Softball
league featuring all the local TV stations and their personalities.
After a successful stint in Richmond, Dan moved on to
WDAE 620 The Sports Animal in Tampa, FL
and was an on air talent as he called each host everyday during
their shows to be a “guest” for about :30 seconds to 1 minute per
appearance.
His big break came while in Tampa when he was
offered a chance to work with his childhood friend,
Stu, at for the Glenn Beck Program. He began
as a call screener, later moved up the ladder to board operator,
and has now hit the glass ceiling as the voice talent behind each
hour's opening announcement, "This half hour of the Glenn Beck
Program is brought to you by ______".
During his stay in
Florida Dan got married to his stunning wife Tara Schott, now aptly
named Tara Andros. They have a daughter named Kaitlyn.
When
asked what a guy with such a passion for sports and sports
broadcasting would even find remotely fun about working for a host
(Glenn) who is sobbing every other day, who is constantly dieting
and worrying about his figure, who is into interior home design, a
host who knows nothing about and who could care less about sports??
Dan responded by saying, “Nothing, really. But thanks for reminding
me chief, I appreciate it, no really, I do. ”
No bio on Dan
would be complete without mentioning his pride and joy. Beyond the
impressive career for the
Third Highest Rated Talk Show
and the accompanying 4 digit salary, beyond the birth of his first
child, the real motivation behind the man who is Dan Andros is his
beloved 1997 .
Dan was killed in a 24 type bit after being shot
with a nerve gas bullet on
03/21/06.
Dan has the
ability to quote at least one line from the movie Willow: "Mad
Mordigan!!!!!!". Hey, it could be worse... if he could quote a line
from "AI" then we'd be very concerned.
Dan is a lover of mint
chocolate chip ice cream but was recently defeated by Glenn in the
great ice-cream eating challenge of 2006 when he failed to
completely consume a quart of Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream. He
continues to seek therapy to this day.