About Me

I'm the television play-by-play Voice of the Atlanta Hawks, and a speaker and trainer in teamwork, leadership, and personal growth and development.

Bob Rathbun's broadcast career started at the ripe, old age of 12 when he was asked to broadcast a half-inning of an American Legion baseball game. And he hasn't stopped since!

Since that night at Newman Park in Salisbury, North Carolina, Bob has gone on to become one of the most respected and popular sports broadcasters in the country.

Annually, Bob broadcasts well over 100 games and events. In 2007, he will begin his 12th year as the television Voice of the Atlanta Hawks. He also announces numerous college football, basketball, and baseball games for FSN South.

Bob is also back for his 19th season calling the action for Atlantic Coast Conference basketball on the Lincoln Financial/Raycom regional network. A seven-time state sportscaster of the year in Virginia and Georgia, Bob has garnered four Emmy awards for his broadcasting excellence and in April, 2006, Bob was named to the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame. In 2004, Bob expanded his work into the realm of motivation, leadership and team building, as he joined John Maxwell's Maximum Impact speakers bureau as a host and speaker. Bob is also a past host of Nightingale-Conant's Success Streams audio series. Now, Bob has taken what he has learned as an announcer and interviewer and put it all together as a keynote speaker and lecturer.