David Shumate has been named the Director of Broadcasting for the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network and will serve as the play-by-play voice for Duke football and men’s basketball games, Shumate was introduced to the media on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C. Monday, June 12, 2017. He replaces Bob Harris, a 41 year veteran of play-by-play announcing for the Blue Devils. His first game will be Saturday, September 2 as Duke opens the season against N.C. Central.
Chuck Liddy
cliddy@newsobserver.com
One person with an insider’s view on how Duke basketball is performing with Jon Scheyer having Mike Krzyzewski joins the ACC Now podcast this week.
Duke play-by-play announcer David Shumate joins News & Observer reporter Steve Wiseman to discuss the Blue Devils first basketball season without Krzyzewski since 1979-80 as the ACC tournament and March Madness approach.
Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989.
