Dick Vitale
Chronology
| 1939 | Born June 9 in East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| 1963-64 | Coaches Garfield High School in New Jersey |
| 1964-70 | Coaches East Rutherford (N.J.) High School |
| 1970-72 | Assistant coach, Rutgers University |
| 1973-77 | Head coach, University of Detroit |
| 1977 | Named athletic director, University of Detroit |
| 1978-79 | Coaches Detroit Pistons of NBA |
| 1979 | Calls ESPN's first-ever basketball game, Wisconsin at DePaul |
| 1983-84 | Works NBA games on ESPN |
| 1988 | Makes first of several cameo movie appearances as himself, in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad |
| 1988 | Begins analyst work for ABC Sports |
| 1991 | Begins as guest columnist for USA Today |
| 1991 | ESPN airs Vitale special, The Game of Life |
| 1994 | ESPN airs Vitale special, Game Plan for Life |
| 1996 | Subject of David Letterman Top-10 list—"Top 10 Signs Dick Vitale Is Nuts!" Vitale himself reads the list on the show |
| 1999 | Subject of profile on HBO's Real Sports |
| 2000 | Fireman saves Vitale from choking at Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball game |
| 2002 | Controversy surrounds ESPN decision to televise high school basketball games featuring college prospect LeBron James, and assign Vitale to telecasts |
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