David Shumate has been named the Director of Broadcasting for the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network and will serve as the play-by-play voice for Duke football and men’s basketball games, Shumate was introduced to the media on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C. Monday, June 12, 2017. He replaces Bob Harris, a 41 year veteran of play-by-play announcing for the Blue Devils. His first game will be Saturday, September 2 as Duke opens the season against N.C. Central.
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One person with an insider’s view on how Duke basketball is performing with Jon Scheyer having Mike Krzyzewski joins the ACC Now podcast this week.
Duke play-by-play announcer David Shumate joins News & Observer reporter Steve Wiseman to discuss the Blue Devils first basketball season without Krzyzewski since 1979-80 as the ACC tournament and March Madness approach.
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Steve Wiseman has covered Duke athletics since 2010 for the Durham Herald-Sun and Raleigh News & Observer. He placed second in both beat writing and breaking news in the 2019 Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. Previously, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989.