SEATTLE – Longtime University of Washington football and men’s basketball play-by-play radio broadcaster Bob Rondeau will retire following the conclusion of the 2017 Husky football season, his 37th with the Huskies. Rondeau informed department officials of his decision earlier this month.

“Being the voice of the Huskies has been the centerpiece of my professional life for nearly 40 years,” Rondeau said. “It has allowed me to witness and to chronicle some of the greatest moments in University of Washington athletic history. Also, some of the most difficult. Throughout, I have cherished both the opportunity and the challenge to properly represent a great institution and to be connected to those who so passionately support it.”

Rondeau began broadcasting football games for the Huskies in 1978, as an analyst alongside legendary Seattle sportscaster Bruce King, before taking over play-by-play duties in 1981. Rondeau has also served as the voice of Husky basketball for 31 years. In 2016, he was honored with the National Football Foundation’s Chris Schenkel Award, presented annually in recognition of distinguished careers broadcasting college football with direct ties to a specific university. He was inducted into the Husky Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.

Rondeau stands as the second-longest tenured football play-by-play radio broadcaster in the Pac-12.

-University of Washington press release-