Daron Sutton - Biography

Biography

While working in Milwaukee, he also broadcast UW–Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball games. Sutton had previously expressed that it has been his career dream to work in Milwaukee, having spent some of his teenage years living there during the time his father pitched for the Brewers.

Daron had the opportunity to work alongside his father as a member of the Atlanta Braves broadcast team from 1997 to 1999, including hosting pre-game and post-game shows and play-by-play work for Braves telecasts on Fox Sports Net South. While working in Atlanta, he also broadcast many Southeastern Conference sporting events, including basketball, gymnastics, swimming, and track and field. He graduated from Auburn University-Montgomery in 1992 with a degree in communications. In 2003, Sutton received a Chicago/Midwest chapter Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence on Camera. He also was nominated two other times (1999 and 2004) for regional Emmy Awards in similar capacities.

He began his broadcasting career upon graduating from college, working in various capacities for the CNN networks, including as a sports anchor in 1994. Sutton was also a Minor League baseball player in the Angels and Braves organizations during two seasons.

On November 14, 2006, Sutton worked as a sideline reporter during the Milwaukee Bucks at Atlanta Hawks NBA game on the FSN North Network.

Sutton was released from his contract by the Brewers amicably on October 23, 2006, as he had sought to pursue other options. He was mentioned as a possible replacement for Thom Brennaman for the Arizona Diamondbacks and signed a five-year contract, with a three-year club option, to replace Brennaman on November 1, 2006.

Sutton was suspended from broadcasting by the Diamondbacks in June 2012, with no time specified for a return. He continued to handle play-by-play duties on national broadcasts of Fox Sports Game of the Week. For the rest of the 2012 Diamondbacks' broadcasts, he was replaced by Greg Schulte. In October 2012, it was announced that Sutton would not be returning to the booth for the Diamondbacks. For 2013, he is replaced by Steve Berthiaume who is also an anchor for ESPN.