Staff Directory
Cotten, Stan
Stan Cotten
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- Director - Broadcast Operations
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Heading the Wake Forest Sports Network broadcast team again as the "Voice of the Demon Deacons" is veteran play-by-play announcer Stan Cotten. A six-time NSMA North Carolina "Sportscaster of the Year" honoree, Cotten is in his 46th season calling college football on the radio and begins his 30th season as the Voice of the Deacs.
Cotten is also the host of the weekly "Jake Dickert Show" and "Steve Forbes Show" which air weekly in-season on the Wake Forest Sports Network and online at GoDeacs.com.
Cotten is a Knoxville, Tenn., native and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He got his start in broadcasting while in college serving as Sports Director of WIVK-FM in Knoxville, the flagship station of the Vol Network, and for three years he was also the weeknight sports anchor for WTVK/WKXT-TV in his hometown. Cotten is a three-time Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association award winner and a member of the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. He was given the Lindsey Nelson Award in 2019 by the Knoxville Quarterback Club.
Prior to coming to Winston-Salem he held down play-by-play stints at Carson-Newman University and Marshall University. He described the Eagles' action for twelve seasons and was on the mic while C-N was winning five national titles. Cotten moved to Huntington, W.Va., in 1992 and described the Thundering Herd's run to the I-AA national championship. After four years at Marshall, Cotten began his play-by-play role with Wake Forest.
Stan joined Learfield and moved to North Carolina in 1996 with his wife, Patti, and daughters Annie and Jessie.
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Cotten is also the host of the weekly "Jake Dickert Show" and "Steve Forbes Show" which air weekly in-season on the Wake Forest Sports Network and online at GoDeacs.com.
Cotten is a Knoxville, Tenn., native and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He got his start in broadcasting while in college serving as Sports Director of WIVK-FM in Knoxville, the flagship station of the Vol Network, and for three years he was also the weeknight sports anchor for WTVK/WKXT-TV in his hometown. Cotten is a three-time Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association award winner and a member of the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. He was given the Lindsey Nelson Award in 2019 by the Knoxville Quarterback Club.
Prior to coming to Winston-Salem he held down play-by-play stints at Carson-Newman University and Marshall University. He described the Eagles' action for twelve seasons and was on the mic while C-N was winning five national titles. Cotten moved to Huntington, W.Va., in 1992 and described the Thundering Herd's run to the I-AA national championship. After four years at Marshall, Cotten began his play-by-play role with Wake Forest.
Stan joined Learfield and moved to North Carolina in 1996 with his wife, Patti, and daughters Annie and Jessie.
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