Skyhawk Sports Network

Skyhawk Sports Network

Skyhawk football and basketball can be heard on the UT Martin Skyhawk Radio Network courtesy of our flagship network Thunderbolt Broadcasting

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Mac Doran
ESPN+ Production Coordinator

Mac Doran is in his fourth season as UT Martin's ESPN+ production coordinator in 2024-25. A native of nearby Dresden, Tenn., Doran is a UT Martin alum who has worked on the Skyhawk video production crew for over a decade. He handles all aspects of over 120 ESPN+ broadcasts a year, including producing, directing and audio/visual engineering.
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Chris Brinkley
Voice of the Skyhawks & Broadcasting Coordinator
   
Chris Brinkley, longtime local radio air personality, begins his 24th year as broadcasting coordinator of the Skyhawk Sports Network in 2024-25. A graduate of UT Martin, he began his career at WCMT Radio in his high school days and was part of WCMT's "Good Times in the Morning" along with general manager Paul Tinkle.  Brinkley serves as an analyst for Skyhawk football and men's basketball contest while working play-by-play for women's basketball.  He also serves as talent for other sports on ESPN+ and co-host for Skyhawk coaches shows and emcee for athletic Events.

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Davis Gregory
Lead Play-by-Play Broadcaster
   
Davis Gregory is in his second season with the Skyhawk Sports Network in 2024-25. Gregory serves as the lead announcer for UT Martin football, men’s basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and soccer productions on ESPN+ as well as football and men's basketball games on the radio. Gregory graduated from UT Martin in 2023 and served as the Sports Director at the campus radio station WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk” for three years where he won numerous awards for "Best Play-by-Play" while also helping the athletics department win the Ohio Valley Conference’s Program of Excellence “Call of the Game” award for his play-by-play description in 2022.

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John Hatler
Skyhawk Sports Network & ESPN+ Broadcaster
   
John Hatler is in his sixth season in the booth for Skyhawk football games in 2024. After previously serving as an analyst during the 2019 and 2020 campaigns, Hatler assumed the role of lead play-by-play man for the 2021 and 2022 football championship seasons. He served as a part-time analyst for the 2023 football championship season and will return in that role in 2024.

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Chuck Hammer
Skyhawk Sports Network
   
Chuck Hammer enters his first season as a part-time analyst for Skyhawk football games in 2024. A Navy veteran, Hammer is a UT Martin alum and an award-winning broadcaster at WUTM 90.3 FM "The Hawk" and the Fox Sports Shoals team based out of Muscle Shoals, Ala. He will serve as the primary color analyst for road games in 2024.