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David Courtney, returns to the microphone for his third season as Voice of the Clippers inside Staples Center. The long-time Public Address Announcer of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, joined the Clipper Nation in 2008 after serving as the team’s back-up announcer for the previous three seasons. It is 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. Courtney has become a familiar voice to fans of sports in Southern California. In addition to being the longest tenured announcer for the Kings (since 1989), he has been the P.A. Announcer for the Angels the last 18 years and was the announcer for the Rams the last three seasons before they moved to St. Louis. With the Clippers, Kings and Angels, it's the second time he has been the voice of three major league teams at the same time. He has the unique distinction of being the voice of two major sports All-Star Games (2002 NHL and 2010 MLB) and has announced at least one or more games for the Lakers, Dodgers, Raiders, USC football, UCLA basketball and the Pac-10 basketball tournament. His work as an announcer has also led to voice roles in the movies "Tooth Fairy," “Angels in the Outfield” and “61*” and television's “Home Improvement.” Since 1992, Courtney's full-time work has been with Metro Networks as a sports, traffic and news reporter, currently heard daily on 710 ESPN Radio in Los Angeles and KOLA 99.9 FM in the Inland Empire. Courtney, 54, and his wife, Janet Fisher-Courtney, reside in Mission Viejo.
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