Courtney, 52, will begin his first full season as Clippers announcer after serving as the team’s back-up announcer for the previous three seasons. It will be the second time that he has been the regular announcer for an NBA team as he called the games of the Houston Rockets in the mid 80’s.

Born in New York City, Courtney and family moved to Los Angeles 1963 when his father, Alan, a network television executive, became President of MGM Television.

He began working in professional sports in Los Angeles when he was 14 years old, starting as a P.R. Assistant for the Kings in 1971. Under the guidance of legendary P.A. announcer, John Ramsay, and by doing games for his Beverly Hills High School varsity football and basketball teams, he learned the craft well enough to become Ramsay's back-up for both the Kings and the Lakers.

In 1978, at age 21, Courtney reluctantly left Los Angeles to take a full-time P.R. job for a hockey team in Houston. When the hockey team folded a year later, he remained in Houston and began a successful broadcasting career in both radio and television and found himself in demand as a P.A. announcer; eventually handling the Rockets, USFL Gamblers and sharing the Houston Astros. Since that time, Courtney has announced sporting events for over 30 different teams or organizations.

This will be the second time in his career that Courtney will handle three major professional teams at the same time. From 1993-95, he called the games of the Kings, Angels and Los Angeles Rams.

Since 1992, Courtney's full-time work has been with Metro Networks as a traffic and news reporter, heard daily since 1994 on KABC 790 AM and recently KOLA 99.9 FM in the Inland Empire.

David is engaged to Ms. Janet Fisher and resides in Rancho Santa Margarita.