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CHUCK BARRETT
Play-by-play for Football and Men’s Basketball
Barrett is entering his 33rd season broadcasting Arkansas sports and his 19th season as the football play-by-play announcer. The 2025 season marks his 31st year on the football broadcast crew, including spending 14 years as the executive producer. Prior to taking over play-by-play responsibilities for the 2007 season, his duties included hosting the pregame show, halftime and scoreboard shows as well as the football version of the Razorback Report. He was the long time voice of Arkansas baseball, serving as the play-by-play man from 1992 to 2014. Barrett now serves as the Voice of the Razorbacks for football and men’s basketball, having picked up men’s basketball play-by-play duties prior to the 2010-11 season. He has been recognized by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame as the Arkansas Sportscaster of the Year three times (2007, 2008, 2009) and was inducted into the Arkansas Sportscasters and Sports Writers Hall of Fame in June of 2023..
QUINN GROVEY
Football, Color Analyst
Grovey is entering his 28th overall season on the network, including his ninth as the analyst. The former Hog quarterback previously served as co-host of the pregame and postgame shows and the network’s sideline reporter. A three-year starter for the Razorbacks, Grovey led Arkansas to Southwest Conference titles in 1988 and 1989, and was named to the program’s 1980s All-Century team.
GENO BELL
Football, Pre-Game Co-Host & Sideline Reporter
Bell enters his ninth season on the broadcast team as a sideline reporter, taking over the role from Grovey. Bell was a four-year letterwinner on the defensive line for the Razorbacks from 1993-95. He totaled 185 tackles (including 28 for loss), 11 sacks, four pass breakups and three fumble recoveries. Following his collegiate career, Bell played in the NFL with the New York Jets and the Cleveland Browns. He returned to Arkansas after his playing career and is the Vice President of the Consolidation Division at the worldwide headquarters of Walmart in Bentonville
RICK SCHAEFFER
Football, Pre-Game/Post-Game Shows
Schaeffer is entering his 32nd year with Razorback football. He was the analyst for 10 seasons and is now a co-host for the pregame, halftime and postgame shows. Schaeffer worked in the Arkansas Sports Information Department for 24 years, 21 of those serving as director. Schaeffer is the co-host of Drive Time Sports on 103.7 The Buzz.
MATT ZIMMERMAN
Men’s Basketball, Color Commentator
Zimmerman is in his 10th season as an analyst for the 2025-26 campaign. A 20-plus year coaching veteran and mainstay with the Razorbacks, Zimmerman spent eight years on the Razorback basketball staff (2011-19) and was a student manager for the men’s basketball team. He additionally spent four years in the ROTC. He graduated in 1990 and served five years in the military. After his stint in the Army, Zimmerman began coaching basketball at Dardanelle HS and Plainview-Rover HS. He then started his collegiate coaching career at UAB before moving to Missouri and back to Arkansas. In 2023, Zimmerman was voted Arkansas Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA).
PHIL ELSON
Play-by-play for Women’s Basketball and Baseball
Elson enters his fifth season as a co-host for the pregame, halftime and postgame shows. He also serves as the play-by-play announcer for the Arkansas baseball program. Elson has 20-plus years of professional baseball broadcasting experience, including 14 seasons as the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Arkansas Travelers, the former Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.
