Craig Ackerman

{{Short description|American broadcaster and announcer}} {{Multiple issues| {{more footnotes needed|date=September 2012}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2024}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=January 2024}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

'''Craig Ackerman''' is the current play-by-play announcer for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rockets Announce Broadcast Teams|url=https://www.nba.com/rockets/rockets-announce-broadcast-teams|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Houston Rockets|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Craig was born to Gerald and Bonnie Ackerman on August 27, 1974, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

He played college baseball at Houston Baptist University (NAIA), then later graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1997, where he met his wife Shannon. They were married in August 1998. They have two children.

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== External links == *http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Ackerman_named_New_Voice_of_th-276011-34.html *http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Ackerman-to-take-over-role-of-Rockets-radio-voice-1789751.php

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