An Evening with Lance Barrow - Distinguished Alumni

Lance Barrow, '73, was honored with first Distinguished Alumni award

On the evening of May 16, 2022, Dr. Misty Overman, Head of School, and our FWC Office of Alumni Relations hosted "An Evening with Lance Barrow." Lance is a 1973 graduate of Fort Worth Christian.

During the event, Dr. Overman presented Lance with our first-ever Distinguished Alumni Award. Lance shared with the audience his reflections on living a life of faith, service, and leadership for Christ.

Twenty years ago, Lance received the 1992 Alumni of the Year award.

ABOUT LANCE BARROW

After graduating from FWC in 1973, Lance played football and baseball at Abilene Christian. After graduation, Lance joined broadcaster Pat Summerall as an inexperienced spotter for golf and the CBS network in 1976. Lance went on to have a stellar broadcasting career over the next 3 decades.

He served as Coordinating Producer of THE NFL ON CBS and lead game producer from 2004-17 with the No. 1 NFL announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. In addition to Sunday’s NFL coverage, Barrow also produced the Network’s NFL Thursday Night Football games (2014-16).

In 2016 he served as coordinating producer and lead game producer for Super Bowl 50, which was the most-watched single broadcast in television history on an all-or-part basis. Barrow served in the same capacity for Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, as well as Super Bowl XLIV in 2010, which was watched by 106.5 million viewers making it the most-watched program in television history at the time, and for Super Bowl XLI in 2007. Before that, he was replay director for CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XXXV and Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Barrow, a 12-time Emmy Award winner, joined CBS Sports in May 1976 as a spotter/researcher and has served in virtually every capacity of CBS Sports’ golf production. Barrow produced CBS Sports' coverage of ski jumping and nordic combined at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games and was the associate director of the primetime broadcasts at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games. He also has served as producer for coverage of NCAA basketball, college football, and auto racing.

Barrow produced coverage of the 1998 Daytona 500 for which he received an Emmy nomination. As Associate Producer, his credits include the Masters and PGA Championship; NCAA Men's Final Four; Daytona 500; U.S. Open Tennis Championships; THE NFL TODAY, and six Super Bowls. Barrow also has earned Emmy Awards for his work on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, the Daytona 500, and the NFL.

Lance and his wife, Melissa, currently live in Colleyville. Their daughters Katie ('05) and Caroline ('09) both graduated from FWC.

Lance Barrow Interview from Fort Worth Christian on Vimeo.