Even though he called countless college football and basketball games, he is best known for his work on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Football” from 1987 through 2005.

Mike Patrick, the amiable play-by-play man who called NFL games and ACC basketball contests during his 36 years at ESPN, has died. He was 80. Patrick died Sunday of natural causes in Fairfax, Virginia, officials from his hometown of Clarksburg, West Virginia, announced .

Patrick also called more than 30 ACC basketball championships, was the voice of ESPN's Women's Final Four coverage from 1996 to 2009, and handled the College World Series for more than a decade. His longest assignment, though, was college football, with his final broadcast the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 30, 2017.