Jerry Steinberg has served as FOX Sports’ Vice President of Field Operations since 1994. He manages all aspects of operations for live broadcasts (250-350 live events per year) including facilities, manpower, and new technologies.
During that time, he has overseen 13 World Series, five Super Bowls, eight Daytona 500s, BCS and National Championship games, Stanley Cup finals as well as a part of the development team for FOXBox, FOXTrax (the glowing puck), and other various audio and video enhancements. Since the inception of FOX Sports in 1994, its technical team and audio have been honored with 30 Emmys under Steinberg’s direction. From 1984 to 1994, he was a freelance technician and video operator on four Olympic Games, World Cup Soccer, U.S. Open Tennis, the NCAA Final Four, the Super Bowl, World Series, and even Operation Desert Storm.
Prior to becoming a freelancer, Steinberg was Chief Engineer at Sun Television, where he was responsible for design and construction of premier mobile broadcast unit on the West Coast. He originally became involved in the sports industry in 1979 when he was a truck EIC at ESPN, where he maintained technical standards and equipment during live broadcasts and was part of the original technical crew for ESPN’s inaugural season.
