Spencer Bowen is the new voice of basketball at UC Berkeley, taking over from Eddy Kleinhans who’d served in the role for the last 15 years.

Normally, we don’t report firings or dismissals from jobs, however linking to this article could have been confusing, so we posted the original article below.  We will, however, post about retirements to honor those announcers who’ve given a lot of themselves to our profession.

Original article reprinted from SFGate.com.

College basketball: Cal is replacing Eddy Kleinhans, who has been the public-address announcer for men’s games at Haas Pavilion for the past 15 seasons, with Spencer Bowen.

Kleinhans, a corporate strategist for Hansen Medical, admitted he’s disappointed, but added, “I realize 15 years is a long time to do something as a volunteer and it’s been a tremendous honor to be a part of Cal.” Bowen works in the Cal athletic department.

“Cal Athletics would like to thank Eddy for his years of service and dedication as our PA announcer and we look forward to our continued working relationship with him,” Cal associate athletic director Wesley Mallette said in a statement. “We are also excited that Spencer Bowen will be stepping into this role. … Like Eddy, Spencer is a former Cal mic man who is passionate and committed to this university.”

The Bears host Carroll College in an exhibition game Monday night.