
Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), known professionally as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He hosts The Dan Patrick Show broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks and streaming on Peacock. He co-hosted NBC's Football Night in America and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.
Before working with ESPN, Patrick was known by his surname, "Dan Pugh", as an on-air personality with the album rock-formatted WVUD and then, WTUE in Dayton, Ohio (1979–1983). Patrick was then a sports reporter for CNN (1983–89), where his assignments included the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. From 1989–1995, Patrick did a daily sports segment for Bob and Brian, a syndicated Wisconsin-area morning show, and in the early 1990s, he did sports updates for the Columbus, Ohio, Rock Station WLVQ and appeared on the morning show "Wags and Elliot."

Grown Ups
2010 · as Norby The Ride Guy

Pixels
2015 · as White House Reporter #1

Grown Ups 2
2013 · as Gym Teacher

Blended
2014 · as Dick

Just Go with It
2011 · as Tanner Patrick

Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · as Pat Daniels

The Longest Yard
2005 · as Officer Jack Pugh

That's My Boy
2012 · as Randall Morgan

The House Bunny
2008 · as Cop

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · as NY Cop

The Waterboy
1998 · as Dan Patrick

Jack and Jill
2011 · as Dan Patrick

The Benchwarmers
2006 · as Poker Guy #2 A.K.A. O'Malley

The Ridiculous 6
2015 · as Abe Lincoln

Hustle
2022 · as Dan Patrick

The Do-Over
2016 · as Auto Store Lou

Hubie Halloween
2020 · as School Principal

Home Team
2022 · as Self