Phil Simms, Super Bowl XXI MVP and a 15-year NFL veteran, joined CBS Sports in
January 1998 as lead analyst for the CBS Television Network's coverage of the
NFL. He and Greg Gumbel are paired as the Network's lead NFL announce team and
will call CBS's coverage of Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000
season.
Last year, he introduced the "Phil Simms All-Iron Team," which honored NFL
players and coaches in a special Christmas Day broadcast on CBS. The second
annual "All-Iron Team" is scheduled to be broadcast on Super Bowl Sunday in
January 2001. Simms also hosts the weekly NFL "Jets Kickoff" on WCBS-TV, the
CBS owned station in New York.
Prior to joining CBS Sports, Simms served as a game analyst on NBC's top
broadcast team, along with Dick Enberg and Paul Maguire (1995-98). He called
Super Bowls XXX and XXXII, announced weight-lifting events for NBC Sports'
coverage of the 1996 Olympic Summer Games, served as a sideline reporter on
"The NBA on NBC" and worked on the "NFL Quarterback Challenge" and "Run to
Daylight." In addition, he served as a studio analyst for ESPN.
Simms, a former All-Pro quarterback, led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl
titles. He completed 22 of 25 passes in Super Bowl XXI, defeating the Denver
Broncos, 39-20, to give the Giants their first Super Bowl title. He established
team marks for most passes completed and attempted for one game (40 completed,
62 attempted), season (286, 533) and career (2,576, 4,647), most career
touchdown passes (199) and most 300-yard games in a career (21). He was the
Giants' first selection in the 1979 NFL Draft, was selected for the 1985 and
1993 Pro Bowls and was the 1985 Pro Bowl MVP. He was named All-Pro in 1986.
He was graduated from Morehead State University in 1979. He and his wife,
Diana, live in Franklin Lakes, N.J., with their children, Christopher, Matthew
and Deirdre.
