Jeff Fisher

Jeff Fisher is an expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.

After anchoring and reporting on major sporting events from the Olympics to the World Series to the Super Bowl in a career spanning 37-years, Jeff turned to his passion of high school football with an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, which is part of High School Sports Entertainment LLC, a multi-media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.

Jeff, who is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, currently is the host and producer of three radio shows: High School Football America – SoCal on KLAC AM 570 Fox Sports LA, plus High School Football America and the National High School Coaches Association Sports Hour that average over 50,000 downloads per show on the ArtistFirst Radio Network.

An award-winning journalist, who has worked as an on-air talent in television and radio, Jeff has been cited for his ability to tell high school sports stories in the style of one of his idols, Charles Kuralt.

Fisher began High School Football America after writing 52 different blogs on high school football. He operated those blogs while also co-managing Blitz Group with his business partner Trish Hoffman. Blitz Group is an award-winning boutique media company that places experts in the highest levels of media like CNBC, the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Fisher was a TV sports anchor at Fox Sports Net for the Chicago, Bay Area and Ohio regions. While in the Windy City, Fisher reported on all Chicago professional and college teams, plus served as a pre, post and in-game host on Fox Sports Net's Emmy-award winning broadcasts for the Cubs and White Sox.

Jeff also worked as a co-host and pit reporter on several different motorsports programs on Speed Channel and The Outdoor Channel.

Before arriving in Chicago, Jeff was the Sports Director at WFMZ-TV in the Allentown/Philadelphia market. Fisher was the creator, executive producer and host of The Big Ticket. The weekly, 60-minute high school football wrap-up show won him the Associated Press Best Sportscast in Pennsylvania Award in 2000.

Fisher is also the creator and host of more than a dozen half-hour sports specials featuring international superstars such as Mario Andretti and Larry Holmes.

Fisher was also named Media Person of the Year in 1999 by the Colonial League and won the prestigious Sixth Man Award at Lehigh University.