Glen Kuiper Biography
Glen Kuiper is a former sports broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He served as the primary play-by-play announcer for A’s telecasts on NBC Sports California and was also an occasional announcer for the Athletics Radio Network. In May 2023, Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
Glen Kuiper Age
How old is Glen Kuiper? Glen is 60 years old as of 2023. He was born on May 20, 1963, in Racine, Wisconsin, United States.
Glen Kuiper Height
He is 6 feet 2 inches tall (Approximately 1.88m or 188cm).
Glen Kuiper Nationality
He is American.
Glen Kuiper Education
Kuiper graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting.
Glen Kuiper Parents
There is no information about his parents. However, he is the younger brother of Duane Kuiper, a former Major League player, and current broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants.
Glen Kuiper Wife
Kuiper is married and he resides in Danville, California with his wife, Amanda, and two children.
Glen Kuiper Career
Kuiper is a former sports broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He served as the primary play-by-play announcer for A’s telecasts on NBC Sports California and was also an occasional announcer for the Athletics Radio Network.
Kuiper first started appearing on A’s TV broadcasts in 2004, and for the first two years, served as an on-field correspondent and fill-in announcer. He became the primary announcer in 2006. Kuiper was occasionally the TV play-by-play announcer of A’s nationally televised games on Fox. From 1996 until 2000 Kuiper hosted “Giants Lite” and “A’s Lite” on SportsChannel Pacific and later FSN Bay Area, which were 30-minute condensed highlight shows of the games, and which gave a synopsis of the games that were not televised.
In addition to baseball, he was a sideline reporter for select NFL telecasts for Fox as well as the San Jose Sharks. Kuiper also handled various collegiate assignments for NBC Sports Bay Area as well as the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.
Why was Glen Kuiper Fired?
Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. He was suspended by the network earlier this month (May 2023) after his slur that aired during a pregame segment of an A’s game against the Kansas City Royals on May 5. Kuiper talked about a trip to the museum with colleague Dallas Braden but seemingly mispronounced the word “Negro,” making it sound instead like a slur.
“Following an internal review, the decision has been made for NBC Sports California to end its relationship with Glen Kuiper, effective immediately,” the network said in a statement on Monday, May 22, 2023. “We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball over the years.”
A person familiar with the investigation told the Associated Press that “the decision was based on a variety of factors, including information uncovered in the internal review.” The person spoke on condition of anonymity and didn’t divulge specific details because the network had not publicly disclosed the results of the investigation.
Kuiper apologized on the air later in that game without getting into specifics, saying he said something that “didn’t come out quite the way I wanted it to.” He later issued a statement through the network when he was suspended, saying: “I could not be more sorry and horrified by what I said. I hope you will accept my sincerest apologies.”
He reiterated that apology as part of another statement released Monday night, taking full responsibility for what he called “a terrible but honest mispronunciation” during his excitement to talk about his trip to the museum earlier that day.
“Please know racism is in no way a part of me; it never has been and it never will be,” he said. “I appreciate the Negro League Museum president Bob Kendrick and Oakland A’s great Dave Stewart’s public support of me in light of this. I am an honest, caring, kind, honorable, respectful husband and father who would never utter disparaging words about anybody. Those who know me best know this about me.
“I wish the Oakland A’s and NBC Sports would have taken into consideration my 20-year career, my solid reputation, integrity, and character, but in this current environment traits like integrity and character are no longer considered. I will always have a hard time understanding how one mistake in a 20-year broadcasting career is cause for termination, but I know something better is in my future.”
A’s manager Mark Kotsay said the decision wasn’t made by the team and that he sympathizes with Kuiper.
“I can’t imagine being in his shoes right now,” Kotsay said. “I think, personally, we missed an opportunity here may be to use this as an educational platform. But as you said, I don’t make decisions, and this isn’t a decision I was involved in, and nor was the organization, really. This was a decision made by NBC.”
Glen Kuiper Salary
Kuiper earned an average annual salary of $88,201 from his broadcasting job before he was fired in May 2023.
Glen Kuiper Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $10 million as of 2023.
