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= Dean Linke = Dean Linke is an American sports broadcaster who does play-by-play commentary for all sports. He is best known as a prominent voice of the Big Ten Network. Linke is also the longtime television voice of the USL Championship's North Carolina Football Club and the National Women's Soccer League's North Carolina Courage. In addition, Linke serves as the voice of the United Soccer Coaches (formerly NSCAA) Podcast and calls several games for UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State and Duke athletics.

Personal Life
Linke was born in Toledo, Ohio, to parents Roger and Christine Linke. Dean graduated high school from Fremont St. Joseph in Fremont, Ohio, and attended Ohio University Scripps School of Journalism, graduating in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and public relations. Today, he is married to Leah, who is also very involved in the world of sport, and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dean and Leah have two sons, Benjamin, 22, and Maxwell, 19.

Career
Linke is involved in numerous additional business ventures. They include his primary line of work as a sports broadcaster, his work as the Regional VP of Business Development for Hellas Construction, Inc., and hosting the United Soccer Coaches Podcast.

Press Officer
After graduating, Dean served as a senior press officer for various U.S. Soccer Federation teams. He was a press officer for the 1991 U.S. Women's World Cup Team, the 1992 U.S. Men's Olympic Team and the 1994 U.S. Men's World Cup Soccer Team.

MLS
Major League Soccer was founded in December of 1993. Linke was hired as MLS's first ever Director of Communications.

=== Sports Broadcasting === Throughout his television career he has been the play-by-play commentator for professional soccer (Colorado Rapids, North Carolina FC, North Carolina Courage), college soccer , college lacrosse , college field hockey, college volleyball, college gymnastics , college tennis, college softball, college basketball, college golf, college swimming, college rowing, college track and field and college baseball. In covering those sports, he's worked for numerous networks including games for the Big Ten Network , Fox, FS1, ESPN, ACC Network  , TWCSC , ASN and others. Since 2014, Linke has called the Big Ten championships for men's and women's soccer, field hockey, men's and women's gymnastics, rowing, tennis, track and field, cross country, women's lacrosse and softball. He has called the ACC championships for wrestling, cross country, swimming and golf.