BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Eli Gold, the longtime voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide, did not have to wait long to find another job after the University chose to go in a new direction with their radio broadcast.
During phone interview on Good Day Alabama Extra, Gold said that he was offered two jobs within minutes of the announcement being made that he would not be retained by UA and Learfield Sports.
“I’m thrilled and blessed that within two or three minutes of that press release being sent out yesterday, I was offered two jobs,” Gold said. “One in the pros and the other in the collegiate world. I accepted one of them and the other is still being discussed.”
Gold said the job he accepted is in professional sports and will be officially announced Friday.
During his appearance on Extra, he said that the University of Alabama had prepared a press release stating that Gold was retiring, which he refuted.
“The original press release came out that said I’m retiring. I said, ‘I’m not. I’m not retiring.’ Then they put one out, or had a draft, that said I was stepping down. And I said, ‘I’m not stepping down, I’m being shown the door. I’m not stepping down,’” Gold said. “I didn’t want that to impact potential employers who had jobs and not offered them because, well, Eli is hanging it up. Well, Eli’s not hanging it up. I was blessed to get literally two calls, two offers, within two or three minutes of the press release coming out.”
Eli Gold became the voice of Alabama football in 1988 and went on to call the Tide winning seven national championships, including the historic run of now-retired head coach Nick Saban.
In 2014, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
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