Dari Nowkhah

Who is Dari Nowkhah?

Dari Nowkhah is the lead anchor at ESPNU, an American sports television network.

It was announced on July 27, 2011, that Nowkhah would become the lead anchor for ESPNU, replacing Lowell Galindo who moved from ESPNU to the Longhorn Network. Nowkhah hosts extensive college football and college basketball programming for the collegiate network. Nowkhah also provides play-by-play for the network's college football, college basketball and college baseball coverage.

Nowkhah's move to ESPNU's Charlotte, NC headquarters came after seven years in Bristol, CT where he hosted a variety of shows for ESPN. Among the shows Nowkhah hosted were SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight and College Football Live.

Since January 2011, Nowkhah has hosted a weekly four-hour show titled "Dari and Mel" on ESPN Radio alongside NFL draft expert Mel Kiper, Jr. He also fills in as a host on a variety of other ESPN Radio programs. Before working at ESPN, Nowkhah worked at KCFW-TV in Kalispell, Montana as well as KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska and KOTV in Tulsa.

Nowkhah graduated from Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and then from the University of Oklahoma in 1998 with a degree in broadcast journalism.