Eli Gold ‘not retiring,’ speaks out after Alabama opts to not retain broadcast legend

Eli Gold is far from finished with broadcasting.

Upon hearing of his resignation from the University of Alabama football radio broadcasts, the famed broadcast veteran discussed the issue with AL.com.

For 35 years, Gold, now 70, served as the Crimson Tide’s spokesperson. After missing all of 2022 due to cancer treatment, he resumed announcing home games and the Iron Bowl last season.

Gold remarked, “Well, the university has decided not to bring me back.” “This is in no way connected to health, I repeat, not at all. I have excellent health. Everything is fantastic. I have the health of a horse.

Gold, who also served as presenter of Nick Saban’s weekly radio program, “Hey Coach!”, declared that he will be making an announcement this week “in

what I intend to be several jobs.

“I won’t be retiring,” said Gold. As they say, the university has decided to take a different course. And they have every right to do so.

The Brooklyn native started working at Alabama in 1988, and while he considers offers for the next stage of his career, he intends to stay in the Birmingham region.

June is when his contract ends.

The institution said on Wednesday that Chris Stewart, who has been a part of the network since 1998 and is the voice of the Alabama men’s basketball team, will assume both of Gold’s responsibilities going forward.

“They’ve changed their minds about my doing A-Day; I was previously assured I would,” Gold stated. “They’re just going to create a tidy split. However, they will uphold their end of the June pact.