Sports Director Alan Harwell retiring after 30+ years of broadcasting career

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — If you have tuned into an Alan Harwell sportscast in the previous 9 decades, you know the acquainted sound of “Hi, superior night everybody,” he starts all his segments with.

Harwell commenced his broadcasting job at the age of 15, operating for KRYS Radio in Corpus Christi. He commenced anchoring athletics on tv when he was a senior at Carroll Superior University.

Harwell attended Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M Kingsville) in 1983 with a Bachelor’s Diploma in Secondary Training but did not put that degree to use right up until later in his profession.

He started off his tv job in 1978, operating for KIII-Television, the Corpus Christi ABC affiliate.

In 1984, Harwell went to Victoria for just a year, then went to the Longview-Tyler industry in 1985, right before returning to KIII when additional. In 1999, Harwell spent a 12 months in Youngstown, Ohio, and returned for his third stint at KIII in 2000.

From 2009 to 2013, Harwell invested time at Miller and Calallen as a teacher and coach, and in June of 2013, joined the KRIS 6 crew.

In his 30+ years operating in the marketplace, Harwell has turn out to be synonyms with sports activities protection in the Coastal Bend, even earning the nickname “The Coastal Bend Sports activities Authority.”

“I imagine he’s variety of an icon,” stated Calallen head soccer coach, Steve Campbell. “Whenever you see Alan Harwell, you know he’s the Corpus Christi sportscaster.“

Men and women across the Coastal Bend, who have recognised him for a lot of years, usually savored doing work along with Harwell.

“We’ve had a great romantic relationship,” mentioned Brenda Marshall, the CCISD athletic director. “He’s usually been really valuable in acquiring the tales we need for the youngsters, making an attempt to add a lot more to what we can to permit persons know what is going on at CCISD.”

Craig Charlton, the Ray head soccer coach, appreciates how Harwell’s protection frequently went further than the industry.

“It wasn’t just about reporting the scores, it was about the relationship in the group, and how he portrayed the youthful athletes, and what they did, and their accomplishments,” Charlton said.

Of study course, with so quite a few many years in the field, quite a few in Corpus Christi, Harwell designed a powerful track record in the organization.

“When it was announced close to ten decades ago that he was coming to KRIS 6 I was energized,” claimed KRIS 6 News chief meteorologist Dale Nelson, “because I understood he was an fantastic sportscaster.”

Harwell has very long mentored up-and-coming sportscasters, like Roland Rodriguez, a previous KRIS 6 Information reporter, and Action 10 News sporting activities director. Rodriguez to start with satisfied Harwell when he started off his vocation in 1992.

“Anytime I ran into Alan, I designed confident to ask him as lots of thoughts as attainable,” Rodriguez explained. “I wasn’t a sportscaster just still, so I wished to understand from the best.“

Much more a short while ago, Harwell helped former KRIS 6 sporting activities reporter Jeff Dubrof kickstart his occupation.

“Alan, I just want to thank you for all your time serving to me in my time in Corpus Christi,” the recent KCCI sports reporter mentioned in a video to Harwell. “You’re an absolute pleasure to do the job for.“

Now, Harwell is retiring from broadcasting but isn’t leaving the sports industry. He now moves to his alma mater, Texas A&M Kingsville, to be the assistant athletic director.

His effect will nevertheless be felt across the Coastal Bend.

“I look at him a good friend. I know I converse for a lot of coaches that genuinely glance up to him, and will cherish our friendship with Alan,” said Flour Bluff head football coach Chris Steinbruck.