Jack Armstrong

John Joseph Armstrong (born January 3, 1963) is an American sportscaster, working primarily for the Toronto Raptors on TSN and NBA TV Canada. Armstrong is also the college basketball analyst for TSN and a former college basketball coach.

Personal Armstrong is the son of Irish immigrants and was raised Catholic. His father, who was from Castlebar, County Mayo, died when Jack was age seven and his mother Mary raised him alone. Armstrong graduated from Fordham University in 1988 with a master's in Communication. He has three brothers: William, James and Brendan.

Jack is married to Dena Armstrong, who was the women's soccer coach at Niagara University. They met at Niagara University, when they were both coaches. They are the parents of three adopted sons.

Armstrong is a fan of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, New York Yankees and the Toronto Raptors.

Coaching career From 1989 to 1998, Armstrong was the lead basketball coach of Niagara University. In the 1992–93 season, he led the Niagara Purple Eagles to a 23–7 record and was named the New York State Division I Coach of the Year. His overall record with the team was 100–154. Armstrong has two catch-phrases that he uses during game broadcasts: "Helloooo" and "Get that garbage outta here". Most recently, following the Raptors’ signings of Montreal natives Chris Boucher and Khem Birch, he would use “Bonjour” instead of "Helloooo" whenever a big play such as a block or dunk would be made by those players.

Armstrong is a 3-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Analyst in a Sports Program or Series.

On Thursday, July 31, 2008, it was announced that Jack Armstrong would take over The Chuck Swirsky Show effective August 18, 2008, alongside Doug MacLean on the Toronto, Ontario AM sports talk radio station The Fan 590. The show's name was later changed to The Game Plan. In 2009, Doug MacLean left the show and was replaced by Eric Smith.