Legendary NFL broadcaster and Pro Hall of Famer, John Madden, joined NBC's Sunday Night Football for the inaugural 2006 season. In 2009, he will call his 11th Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, FL on NBC. With over 25 years of broadcasting experience, Madden is synonymous with NFL football for millions of fans nationwide and has an ability to explain the game's finer points with a unique sense of humor. Prior to joining NBC, Madden served as an expert analyst for ABC's Monday Night Football for four seasons. Before this, he spent 21 seasons as game analyst for CBS and Fox. Madden's EA Sports video game Madden NFL Football" is the No. 1 selling sports video game of all-time with more than 70 million copies sold since it's release in 1989. He is also one of the leading spokesmen in the advertising world, with endorsement relationships including Ace Hardware, Outback Steakhouse, Schering Plough (Tinactin) and Sirius Satellite Radio. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has honored Madden with an unprecedented 15 Outstanding Sports Personality/Analyst Emmy Awards, the most recent in recognition for his work during the 2005 season. In all, he has been nominated for a record 18 Emmy Awards. In addition the American Sportscasters Association named him Sports Personality of the Year in 1985 and 1992, and in 1982 Madden became the first NFL analyst to receive the Touchdown Club of America's prestigious Golden Mike Award. Prior to joining the broadcasting ranks, Madden had an outstanding career as head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders. He guided the Raiders to an overall record of 103-32-7, leading the team to seven AFC Western Division titles and a victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI. His winning percentage (.750) is the best of any head coach in NFL history. A linebacker coach when he began his NFL coaching career with Oakland in 1967, Madden became the head coach in 1969, at age 33, the youngest head coach in the American Football League. He retired in 1979 and started his football-broadcasting career at CBS in 1980. Before coaching in Oakland, Madden was the defensive coordinator at San Diego State, from 1964-1966, where the Aztecs were ranked first among small colleges with a 26-4 record. From 1960-1964 he coached at Hancock Junior College in Santa Maria, California. Madden started on both offense and defense as a player for California Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo in 1957 and 1958, and was voted to the All-Conference team. He was also a catcher on the school's baseball team. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1959 and a Master of Arts degree in 1961, both from Cal Poly. The Philadelphia Eagles selected him in the 21st round of the 1958 NFL draft, but a knee injury in his rookie season prematurely ended his career. Madden is also the author of several books: Hey Wait a Minute, I Wrote a Book, One Knee Equals Two Feet (and Everything Else You Wanted To Know About Football), One Size Doesn't Fit All and All Madden, each written with New York Times sports columnist Dave Anderson. All reached the New York Times best-seller list. He has also written a cookbook titled John Madden's Ultimate Tailgating released in 1998."
