Rod Mackey
Rod Mackey grew up in Colorado and has covered sports in the Denver television market for more than two decades.
Mackey's youth was spent in the foothills. He attended Bergen Elementary School, Evergreen Junior High School and graduated from Evergreen High School in 1985.
He spent his first two years of college in California at the University of California, Santa Barbara before transferring to Boulder to finish up his higher education. During his time at the University of Colorado, he interned in the Sports department with CBS News Colorado.
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"I learned under Les Shapiro, Gary Miller, Mark McIntosh, and Marcia Neville," he said. "I now have a picture of the four of them on the wall on my desk."
Mackey's first experience as a broadcasting professional was at a radio station in Vail.
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"I met my wife in Vail and we have now been married for 31 years," he said.
Their three sons then followed in his footsteps and went to CU.
"I of course also have pictures of my family up, a Black and Gold family."
After radio, Mackey's television career took him from Rapid City to Cedar Rapids to San Diego and to Denver.
Just the Facts
- Position: Sports Reporter/Anchor
- Year hired: 2023
- Alma Mater: CU
- Most memorable interview: Shaq Barrett with his family on a firetruck during the Broncos Super Bowl 50 parade
- Favorite musician: Tom Petty
- Hometown: Evergreen
- Number of children: 3
- Hobbies: Skiing, Water Skiing, Tennis, Frisbee Golf, and Mountain Biking
- Favorite food: Stone Crab
- Number of siblings: 1
- Number of pets: 2
- Favorite sports team: Any team my kids were playing on
- Favorite vacation spot: Vail
- Favorite word: win
- Least favorite words: lose
- Favorite noise: laughter
- Least favorite noise: crying
- What keeps you in Colorado? Everything… greatest place on Earth!
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