Meet The Man In The Hat

At 11 years old, Brett Voss knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up. Introduced to the Dallas Cowboys by his father as a toddler during the days of “Dandy” Don Meredith and company, Brett suffered through the disappointments of the Pokes coming oh-so close in the 1960s, but always ending up next year’s team. So when Roger “The Dodger” Staubach arrived and finally led his beloved Cowboys to their first Super Bowl championship in 1971, Brett dreamed of one day wearing the silver and blue.

But then, a family friend sent Brett a copy of the Dallas Morning News covering the Cowboy Super Bowl win. While reading Bob St John’s account of the game, Brett thought to himself, “Someone actually gets paid to do this as a job?”

With over 40 years of experience as a professional newspaper sports writer and columnist that includes stints at the Dallas Morning News and Temple Daily Telegram, as well as freelancing for the Dallas Times Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Arlington Daily News and the Copperas Cove Leader-Press, before serving as publisher of The Clifton Record and Meridian Tribune.

Brett’s numerous high school, college and professional awards include the Texas High School Press Association State Sports News Story award in 1977, The Columbia Scholastic Press Association Collegiate Sports Column Writing award in 1985, and the Texas Press Association’s prestigious Fred Hartman Award for Excellence in Sports Writing in 2017 presented annually to the best sports writer in Texas.

But Brett also has an extensive history in broadcasting as a reporter, color commentator, writer and producer, establishing his video production company Master Productions Television & Video (MPTV) in 1990. And to this day, there is nothing Brett enjoys more than moving up and down the sidelines of a high school football game with a camcorder in his hands.

In addition to his career as a sports writer and video producer, Brett spent 23 years in the education field, teaching Journalism, Newspaper, Broadcast, Photojournalism, Literary Magazine, Academic Decathlon and English, while serving as a high school baseball, football, softball and track coach.

After a 14-year stint as an assistant coach at Temple High School, Brett served as head softball and assistant football coach at Hyde Park Baptist in Austin, leading the Lady Panthers to the TAPPS Class 4A Softball Final Four in 2008. Then as the head baseball, assistant football and assistant track coach at Meridian High School, Brett led the Jackets to the Class 1A Baseball Regional Semifinals for the first time in 2010 while setting a school record for most wins (24) in a season.

Retiring from the coaching profession in 2012, Brett began his officiating career with the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) as a high school baseball umpire in 2014, selected to the 2022 UIL State Baseball Tournament to serve on a four-man crew working the Class 5A State Semifinal game between Friendswood and Mansfield Legacy.