Dave Flemming

Early life and career

Flemming’s path to the Giants began with a 1994 graduation from St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School, followed by bachelor’s and master’s degrees in classics from Stanford and a broadcast journalism master’s from Syracuse. At Stanford, he called baseball, basketball, and football for KZSU, where he also served as sports director. In 2000, he handled play-by-play and assistant general manager duties for the Visalia Oaks before moving to the Pawtucket Red Sox. Over three seasons on the PawSox Radio Network, he climbed from Class-A in 2000 to Triple-A from 2001 to 2003, then landed with the Giants.

Career with the San Francisco Giants

Flemming's second major league broadcast, on April 27, 2003, was a fill-in for Jon Miller and featured Kevin Millwood's no-hitter against the Giants. On May 28, 2006, he called Barry Bonds' 715th home run, but his microphone went dead for about ten seconds; only Duane Kuiper's call was sent to the Hall of Fame. On September 23, 2006, Flemming called Bonds' 734th homer, breaking Hank Aaron's National League home run record. On August 4, 2007, he called Bonds' record-tying 755th home run in San Diego.

Flemming made his television broadcast debut for the Giants on July 14, 2006, and has since appeared regularly on NBC Sports Bay Area and KNTV. He has broadcast seven MLB no-hitters, including Matt Cain's perfect game on June 13, 2012, for which he made the radio call of the final out; he won an Emmy in 2013 with Kuiper and Miller for that coverage. Flemming called the winning home run in Game 5 of the 2010 World Series, the final out of the 2012 World Series, and was part of the 2014 postseason broadcasts as the Giants won their third World Series of the decade. He also called Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson's 300th pitching victories.

Stanford football and basketball

Starting in 2007, Flemming broadcast Stanford Cardinal football and basketball. He spent three years as the voice of Stanford basketball on radio and six years in that role for Stanford football before leaving to focus on ESPN work. His first Stanford football broadcast was the upset of #1 USC on October 6, 2007. Over six seasons he called the record performances of Toby Gerhart and Andrew Luck, and three BCS bowl appearances, including a Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin on January 1, 2013.

National work

Flemming joined ESPN's regular college basketball announcing rotation in 2010, following a few games for the network the prior season. His assignments have included the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference, often alongside analysts such as Dan Dakich, Sean Farnham, and Fran Fraschilla. In recent years, he and Farnham have frequently covered Gonzaga, tracking the program's ascent. He has also called baseball for ESPN and ESPN Radio, handling Division Series postseason games from 2013 through 2019.

After a single season with the Pac-12 Network in 2012, he moved to ESPN's college football coverage in 2013. That same year, he began calling NBA games on ESPN Radio and joined the Little League World Series broadcasts, a role he held for seven years. He started calling NFL games for ESPN Radio in 2015. In 2016, he took on select Monday Night Baseball and Thursday night college football games.

He has also served as a hole announcer for ESPN's golf coverage, including the Masters and PGA Championship. In 2022, he called the AL Wild Card series between Seattle and Toronto. Since 2022, he has provided play-by-play for the World Series on MLB International, first with Dan Plesac and then with Ryan Spilborghs starting in 2023. In May 2026, he joined NBC Sports for its MLB Sunday Leadoff package on Peacock.