# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-vitale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:07:16.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-vitale"
name: "Dick Vitale"
slug: "dick-vitale"
description: "Richard John Vitale, also known as \"Dickie V\", is an American basketball sportscaster and former head basketball coach. He is well known for his tenure since 1979 as a college basketball broadcaster for ESPN. He is known for catchphrases such as \"This is awesome, baby!\" and \"diaper dandy\", as well as his enthusiastic and colorful remarks during games. He has also written fourteen books and appeared in several films."
tagline: "American basketball coach and announcer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Vitale.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1939-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.223308
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DickieV"
    handle:    "DickieV"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899866/"
    handle:    "nm0899866"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ديك ڤيتال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224931"
    title: "Dick Vitale"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump