Jimmy Dykes

Basketball sportscaster Jimmy Dykes joined ESPN at the start of the 1995-96 men’s college basketball season as a game analyst.  He now primarily calls the SEC Super Tuesday games and ABC’s national telecasts of Saturday games.

During the college basketball off-season, Dykes is a popular motivational speaker.  He regularly addresses organizations and companies about team building.

Dykes was a student manager for the University of Arkansas men’s basketball team before walking on to the team.  He lettered for three seasons (1982-84) under then-coach Eddie Sutton.

From 1986 to ’92, Dykes served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Arkansas, Appalachian State, Kentucky, Arkansas-Little Rock and Oklahoma State.

A Tulsa, Okla., native, Dykes was a standout athlete at Estes Park (Colo.) High School and Fayetteville (Ark.) High School.  He is a 1985 graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he received a bachelor’s degree in speech education.

Jimmy Dykes lives in Springdale, AR.