Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
Behler, Bob
Bob Behler
- Induction:
- 2025
BOB BEHLER arrived at Bucknell in the fall of 1986, fresh off a play-by-play stint with the AA Chattanooga Lookouts and only one year removed from graduation at the University of Georgia. Behler quickly parlayed what was intended to be a 10-week football play-by-play position at Bucknell into a full-time gig, where he was responsible for selling the advertising and producing the broadcasts. Over the next 13 years, he expanded his coverage to basketball and other sports and also produced from scratch a groundbreaking television show focused on Bison football and basketball, which was distributed to cable stations with millions of subscribers throughout the East Coast.
Behler was beloved throughout the local community as the “Voice of the Bison”, where he called numerous memorable games, including Bucknell’s first two NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games in 1987 and 1989, and the football team’s dramatic Patriot League title-clinching overtime win over Colgate in 1996. Behler’s promotion of Bison Athletics stretched beyond just football and basketball. He also served as the sports information contact for the baseball team every spring, he called play-by-play for sports such as soccer and field hockey to distribute tapes to parents and families, and in 1991 he produced a first-of-its-kind radio broadcast of the inaugural Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
In addition to his play-by-play duties at Bucknell, Behler also called boxing, basketball, and team handball at the Goodwill Games, he called NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Games for CBS Radio, and he covered numerous NCAA Championships for Sportscast Productions. Behler moved on to UMass in 1999, and he has been the play-by-play voice of Boise State football and men’s basketball for the last 15 years, where he has won six Idaho Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sports Media Association (NSMA).
Behler was beloved throughout the local community as the “Voice of the Bison”, where he called numerous memorable games, including Bucknell’s first two NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games in 1987 and 1989, and the football team’s dramatic Patriot League title-clinching overtime win over Colgate in 1996. Behler’s promotion of Bison Athletics stretched beyond just football and basketball. He also served as the sports information contact for the baseball team every spring, he called play-by-play for sports such as soccer and field hockey to distribute tapes to parents and families, and in 1991 he produced a first-of-its-kind radio broadcast of the inaugural Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
In addition to his play-by-play duties at Bucknell, Behler also called boxing, basketball, and team handball at the Goodwill Games, he called NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Games for CBS Radio, and he covered numerous NCAA Championships for Sportscast Productions. Behler moved on to UMass in 1999, and he has been the play-by-play voice of Boise State football and men’s basketball for the last 15 years, where he has won six Idaho Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sports Media Association (NSMA).
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