Dave Holmes (sportscaster)
See David Holmes for other persons with this name.
David Holmes is an
American sportscaster, and was also the winner of
the second season of Dream Job, the
ESPN reality television talent search show that looks for new on-air talent for the all-sports television network. A 22-year-old student at
Kent State University who comes from
Uniontown, Ohio, Holmes got onto the show by being one of the two
Wendy's Wild Card Winners (the other being K.C. James). It took Holmes a while to find his rhythm, but once he picked it up, he was nearly flawless, though he did stumble on occasions throughout the season. He came close to being cut in both episodes three and nine, but survived to take a not-so-easy win in the season's tenth and final episode over Grant Thompson, who was almost as, if not more, solid than Holmes most of the time, but Thompson's major stumbles in episode ten aided Holmes in his win. To go along with his one-year ESPN contract, Holmes will make $70,000 in his first year, and was also awarded with a brand-new Mazda6 5-door car. He started at
ESPNews at the first of the year, but on observation to see how sportscasting outside the reality stage worked. His first on-air appearance didn't take place until late February
2005, also on ESPNews, where he began to go by "Dave". As for his schooling, Holmes says he just needs to pass one more online course to get his broadcast journalism degree.
Holmes did try out for the show's
first season, got to the semifinals of the competition, but was passed over for the televised finals for the
Spring of
2004. He was nearly passed over for season two, but the results clearly show he wasn't!
Holmes also appears a number of times in the first season's casting special, which aired on
March 15,
2004.
