Longtime Jacksonville State broadcaster Mike Parris is set to enter his 42nd season as the 'Voice of the Gamecocks.'
Mike Parris broadcasts a basketball game for Jacksonville State. Parris is set to enter his 42nd year at Jacksonville State.Snap to Cooper. Looking. Down the field, he’s got a man, caught it. He’s free, Philyaw-Johnson at the 10, at the 5, touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown! There are no flags! Touchdown pass! On the final snap of the game, Jacksonville State has won it!
“I have a framed print that says, ‘best seat in the house,’” Parris said. “I could say I’ve been very fortunate to be there for just about all the big games in the last 42 years. To go from what the stadium used to look like in football to what it is now, the change that came in Pete Mathews Coliseum and then in baseball, with what we’ve got now to play in, and in softball as well. In some ways, you could say it’s amazing what we’ve been able to do and accomplish.
Parris was not just a friend, but a mentor and someone to look up to for plenty of those who worked with him and became close to him. While he went on to have a 24-year stint leading Alabama’s baseball broadcasts and is set to lead Alabama’s football broadcasts, Stewart still finds himself impressed by the sheer amount of time and dedication Parris has put into the community of Jacksonville.
“As I came out of coaching into the booth, you know, Mike just took me under his wings,” said Ray Hammett, fellow Jax State broadcaster and former high school football coach. “He allowed me to try different things. I’ve had all kinds of formats, and his formats are pretty much the same.” “He’s a fantastic storyteller, too, and has an unbelievable memory,” he said. “He could always reference back to ‘Man I remember this game that I called,’ and go over all the details.”
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