Jay Bilas Bio, Age, Family, ESPN, Wife, Height, Salary, Net Worth, Book

Jay Bilas is an American sports analyst, ESPN college basketball commentator and a retired professional basketball player. He played for the University of North Carolina Tarheels, where he won two national championships with Michael Jordan.

Jay Bilas is an American sportscaster who currently works for ESPN. He is also a member of the ABC/ESPN college basketball studio team. Jay Bilas was born on July 18th, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois and he has been married to his wife since 2002.

Biography of Jay Bilas

Jay Scot Bilas is an ESPN college basketball commentator in the United States. Bilas is a practicing attorney in North Carolina and a former professional basketball player and coach at Duke University, where he played for and helped Mike Krzyzewski.

In 1982, Bilas was a consensus Top 50 recruit at Rolling Hills High School in Rolling Hills Estates, California, averaging 23.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game. Bilas was named First Team All-CIF, First Team All-South Bay, MVP of the Bay League, and Best in the West by the Long Beach Press-Telegram that season.

Jay was a four-year starter for Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke University men’s basketball team from 1982 to 1986. In 1986, he led Duke to the Final Four and the National Championship game. Krzyzewski’s 1982 recruiting class of Bilas, Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie, and David Henderson is still the highest scoring single class in college basketball history. Bilas had 1,062 points and 692 rebounds in his collegiate career, while shooting over 55% from the field.

Jay participated in the Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1985 as a member of the United States National Select Team.

Bilas got a bachelor’s degree in political science and was selected in the fifth round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. He played professionally in Italy’s 2nd Division and Spain’s 1st Division.

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Bilas was an assistant coach at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski from 1990 to 1992. While serving as an assistant coach at Duke University School of Law, Bilas obtained his J.D. in 1992. During his three years as an assistant coach, Duke advanced to three Final Fours and won two National Championships. Bilas continues to teach and speak at clinics, and he has worked as an instructor at the Nike Skills Academy in Beaverton, Oregon, the Nike/Amar’e Stoudemire Skills Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Nike/LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, where some of the best high school and college players in the country are tutored each year.

During Operation Hardwood I and II in 2005 and 2006, Jay was one of 12 coaches that guided US Service teams in tournament play in the Middle East. Other coaches engaged in Operation Hardwood I and II were Mark Gottfried, Kelvin Sampson, Tubby Smith, Tom Izzo, Rick Barnes, Gary Williams, Bobby Cremins, Dave Odom, Bobby Lutz, Mike Jarvis, Jim Crews, Billy Lange, and Reggie Minton.

Jay has been a color commentator and studio analyst for ESPN since 1995. Bilas started his broadcasting career in 1993 with the Duke Radio Network, where he gave color commentary with Bob Harris, the play-by-play announcer. In 1995, Bilas started working for ESPN as a college basketball commentator, both on the court and in the studio. Since 2000, he has co-hosted ESPN studio programs, including College GameNight and College GameDay, alongside Rece Davis, Hubert Davis, Digger Phelps, and Bob Knight. Bilas is a regular on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, and ESPN Radio and is a prominent basketball writer for ESPN.com. He is known as “The Bilastrator” during halftime portions of certain ESPN college basketball games.

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Bilas worked for CBS as a game commentator for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament from 2003 through 2010. From 2005 until 2010, he worked as a color analyzer with Dick Enberg. In both 2007 and 2008, Bilas was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Studio Analyst. In the studio, he’s become renowned for his ability to come up with unique inbound plays during timeouts in tight games, as well as his opinions on student-athlete wages and the NCAA in general.

Bilas also earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1992. He now works as an Of Counsel at Moore & Van Allen’s Charlotte office, where he focuses on litigation.

Jay successfully defended Morris Costumes, Inc. against trademark and copyright claims filed by the proprietors of the famous children’s television character Barney the Dinosaur in Lyons Partnership v. Morris Costumes, Inc.

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Age of Jay Bilas

What is Jay Bilas’ age? Bilas will be 57 years old in 2020. On December 24, 1963, in San Pedro, California, the United States of America, he was born Jay Scot Bilas. Jay’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and he celebrates his birthday every year on the 24th of December.

Jay is of American descent and belongs to the Caucasian ethnic group.

Family of Jay Bilas

On Christmas Eve in San Pedro, California, Bilas was born to his parents. When he was younger, he was a basketball player at Duke University. However, he has remained silent regarding his parents and siblings.

Wife of Jay Bilas

Is Jay Bilas married or unmarried? Yes. Wendy, Jay’s wife, is his life partner. In 1995, the pair married in a private wedding ceremony. They met when Jay was a student at the same university as her. Wendy was a cheerleader for the team. They have two children: a boy, Anthony Bilas, who was born on September 23, 1996, and a daughter, Tori Bilas, who is an emerging artist.

Anthony is also a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s NCAA Division I basketball team, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He follows in the footsteps of his father. Charlotte, North Carolina is where the family resides.

Bilas is also a member of the Duke Brain Tumor Center’s and the PinStripes/ALS Foundation’s Advisory Boards, as well as the Coaches vs. Cancer Board of Directors. Bilas was also inducted into the Screen Actors Guild in 1987. He appeared in commercials on national television and in the feature film I Come in Peace (also cas Dark Angel). A book he authored is titled Toughness.

Jay Bilas’s stature

Bilas is about 6 feet 8 inches tall (2.03 m) and weighs 225 pounds (102 kg). In addition, his hair and eyes are also brown.

Salary of Jay Bilas

As a sports commentator and producer, Bilas makes an average of $2 million each year.

Jay Bilas’s net worth is unknown.

What is Jay Bilas’ net worth? Bilas’ net worth is believed to be $6.5 million. His fortune is the result of his work as a sports commentator and producer.