Jack Corrigan
Radio Announcer - KOA
With more than 3,500 Rockies broadcasts behind the mic, Jack Corrigan returns for his 23rd season in Denver and his 40th in Major League Baseball. Corrigan came to Colorado after 17 years in the Cleveland Indians television booth. In addition to his work in baseball, Corrigan has been involved with play-by-play and color commentary for the Cleveland Cavaliers telecasts in the NBA and spent more than fifteen years as the lead announcer for college football and basketball games for the Atlantic Coast Conference, Ivy League, Mid-American Conference and Patriot League, among others. In 2021, he was named by the Sports Broadcast Journal as one of the top 100 local sports broadcasters in the 100-year history of sports broadcasting.
A native Clevelander, Jack is a graduate of St. Ignatius High School and Cornell University, where he played football for four seasons while earning a B.A. in History. He received a master’s degree in communications from Kent State University, and his thesis—on NFL Films—is in the archives at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He is involved with his own video company that has produced more than 100 projects for sports entities and other commercial and non-profit organizations.
Jack has written two novels, Warning Track, a book about an aging baseball player dealing with the lure and repercussions of supplement use, and Night of Destiny: 24 December 1, a fictionalized account of an incident in World War II that involved his late father, Judge John V. Corrigan. His third novel, It’s All in the Cards, about a 14-year-old girl who dreams of playing Major League Baseball, is currently awaiting publication. With two partners, he also has a screenplay under consideration as a movie or television series.
Jack and his wife, Lisa, have been married 48 years and they have two children. Megan, a graduate of Mercyhurst University, and her husband John live in Colorado with their sons, James and Daniel. Michael, a Loyola Marymount University graduate, and his husband Eric work in Chicago, where Michael has his own public relations company, MCPR. Jack, a prostate cancer survivor, is active with the Prostate Cancer Foundation and other local groups in increasing awareness and raising funds for research. He has been actively involved with Boys Hope/Girls Hope, a non-profit that helps academically motivated students rise above disadvantaged backgrounds. Jack is also a volunteer assistant football coach at Regis Jesuit High School in Denver. In his free time, he dabbles in oil paintings, specializing, of course, in baseball scenes and portraits. A collection of his work can be found in the KOA Radio booth at Coors Field.