Dari Nowkhah
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Nowkhah doing a read ahead of the 2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic | |
| Born | Darius Behzad Nowkhah June 23, 1976 |
| Education | University of Oklahoma '98 |
| Title | SEC Network Lead Anchor |
| Website | ESPN bio |
Darius Behzad "Dari" Nowkhah (born June 23, 1976) is the lead anchor at SEC Network, an American sports television network (he was chosen as a head anchor when it began airing in August 21, 2014). Nowkhah hosts extensive college football and college basketball programming for the collegiate network and also provides play-by-play for the network's college basketball and college baseball coverage.
Nowkhah's move to ESPNU's Charlotte, NC headquarters came after seven years in Bristol, CT where he hosted a variety of shows for ESPN. Among the shows Nowkhah hosted were SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight and College Football Live.
He fills in as a host on a variety of other ESPN Radio programs. Before working at ESPN, Nowkhah worked at KCFW-TV in Kalispell, Montana, as well as KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska and KOTV in Tulsa.
Nowkhah graduated from Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and then from the University of Oklahoma in 1998 with a degree in broadcast journalism.