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After 50 years of broadcasting, Bob Kesling set to retire

In 1972, Bob Kesling arrived on Tennessee’s campus after a chance meeting with then Tennessee head coach BillBattle, which landed him on the football team. One year as a Tennessee football player ultimately led to a 50-year broadcasting career that will end this spring, with Kesling set to retire at the end of the basketball season. 

“The last five years I have, and my wife, Tami, we have kind of sat and evaluated at the end of each basketball season, ‘Do you want to keep doing this?’ Do you want to spend more time with your grandkids?” Kesling said. “I kept saying I still had the passion and the energy. I still love doing the games and going to the stadium. I still love being around the players. Broadcasting these games is the next best thing to playing because you still get the butterflies. As long as I had that passion I wanted to keep doing it.

“We took it year by year, and we came to this this summer. I had been through all the surgeries with my knee and my shoulder. I just couldn’t commit to the University f

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Bob Kesling, the radio voice of the Tennessee Volunteers, has announced his intentions to retire. The longtime radio announcer will finish this football and basketball season before stepping down in the spring.

Kesling has been the lead announcer of the Vol Radio Network since 1999. The former walk-on fullback began his career back in 1974. He eventually worked alongside of legendary radio voice John Ward, eventually taking Ward’s place following the 1998 National Championship season.

“Bob’s influence has been remarkable, touching so many lives as the Voice of the Vols and through his heartfelt dedication as a mentor and leader in our Knoxville community for over 50 years,” Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White said in the announcement. “He embodies the true spirit of someone who has given his all for Tennessee. As an icon in the broadcasting industry, we are deeply appreciative of the professionalism he brings to Tennessee Athletics each time he takes the microphone. His contributions resonate with all of us here on Rocky Top and we cannot thank him enoug

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Bob Kesling, Voice of the Vols, through the years

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Voice of the Vols Bob Kesling announces that he plans to retire in April 2025 after the Tennessee mens basketball season on Thursday, November 7, 2024.

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Bob Kesling of "Vol Calls" smiles while on the air at Calhoun's on the River in Knoxville, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2019. Kesling has hosted the show for 20 years.

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Bob Kesling as the new radio voice of the Vols in the late 1990s.

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Bob Kesling in July of 1982.

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Vol Network's lead announcer Bon Kesling speaks on his memories of John Ward during a press conference remembering former Tennessee Volunteers sports broadcaster John Ward at the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Ward, known as the legendary "Voice of the Vols," died yesterday evening at the age of 88.

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Bob Kesling of "Vol Calls" and University of Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt sign autographs at Calhoun's on the River in Knox

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