Bob Goodrich, a 15-time Emmy-award winning producer, has come to long way since the days of traveling around the country at his own expense for ABC Sports. Goodrich, who has worked on some of sport's most memorable telecasts since 1969, is currently a freelance television producer, director, and consultant for companies including ABC/ESPN.



Goodrich started his career at ABC on a part-time basis, performing various duties on different sports telecasts before joining ABC Sports full-time as a production assistant, in 1971, quickly becoming an associate producer in 1973 and elevating to producer in 1976.



From 1980-86, Goodrich served as producer of ABC's NFL's Monday Night Football. During this period, Goodrich served as the producer for the network's first-ever coverage of the Super Bowl (XIX) in January of 1985. Additionally, Goodrich spearheaded the production of the pre-game and half-time programs during the Super Bowl XXV, held in Tampa in 1991.

Preceding and following his stint as the producer for MNF, Goodrich spearheaded ABC Sports' coverage of College Football, fifteen years as producer, prior to eight as a coordinating producer. Additionally, Goodrich served as the coordinating producer of 1998 World Cup of Soccer, and oversaw the production of ABC Sports' live coverage of the Indianapolis 500 for 16 consecutive years.



Goodrich served as the producer of the network's basketball coverage at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games as well as its hockey coverage at the 1976 and 1984 Winter Olympic Games. Goodrich also oversaw the production of the speed skating events at the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games in 1980, gymnastics at the Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games in 1984 and the Alpine coverage for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.



Throughout the span of his career at ABC, Goodrich produced the coverage for numerous major golf championships, including the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship as well as a variety of Wide World of Sports events, including the World Track & Field Championships, World Alpine Skiing Championships, plus boxing and auto racing. Goodrich also served as producer for the North American Soccer League, ABC's Monday Night Baseball telecasts and has directed golf, auto racing and football telecasts.

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A native of Dallas, Texas, Goodrich was an All-American high school split end and is an alumnus of Southern Methodist University. While at SMU, he was an outstanding four year letterman tight end and played in the 1967 Cotton Bowl.