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- Title:
- Director of Media
Bio
Jay Gonzales has been a member of the sports media for 40 years as a sportswriter, working in media relations and as a broadcaster.
He was the media relations director for the Tucson Sugar Skulls in the team’s inaugural season in 2019 and was briefly the team president before the 2020 IFL season was cancelled. He returned to the Sugar Skulls as a color analyst for the YouTube live streams of home games in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
A native of Tucson, Jay was a sportswriter for the Arizona Daily Star and has worked in a number of capacities in sports. He’s been an official statistician for Arizona Wildcats basketball for 34 years. He’s also been part of the media operations for 17 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournaments, including two Final Fours, and was on the media staff for 11 Pac-12 Basketball Tournaments before the league folded. He also coached high school baseball and softball at The Gregory School in Tucson.
From 2020-2024, he was a full-time co-host of a local sports talk radio show in Tucson, Eye on the Ball on Fox Sports 1450, and currently co-hosts once a week with partner Steve Rivera.
He is married to Gabrielle Fimbres and has three grown children, Adam, married to Abriana Romeo, Alana and Rachel. He has one grandson, Jett Julian Gonzales.