{"id":481334,"date":"2026-02-21T05:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481334\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T05:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:55:08","slug":"when-hes-not-hyping-up-denver-nuggets-fans-public-address-announcer-kyle-speller-is-all-about-making-an-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481334\/","title":{"rendered":"When he’s not hyping up Denver Nuggets fans, public address announcer Kyle Speller is all about “making an impact”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Black History Month, CBS Colorado is Elevating Black Voices<\/a> — and Kyle Speller’s is one of the most recognizable in the state. Not just for how it sounds, but for how he uses it when the arena lights are off.<\/p>\n

If you’ve been to a Nuggets game at Ball Arena in Denver, you know the voice … from the booming introductions, the call-and-response chants, and the iconic: “LET’S GOOOOO!”<\/p>\n

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Public address announcer Kyle Speller hypes up the crowd at Ball Arena in Denver on Nov. 17, 2025.<\/p>\n

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For Speller, the Nuggets public address announcer, the microphone is only one part of his mission.<\/p>\n

“I wear multiple hats,” Speller said. “I’m also an associate pastor. By day, I’m a middle school guidance counselor. I serve as the school’s athletic director. Boys basketball assistant coach. Girls basketball head coach. I’m constantly pouring into people.”<\/p>\n

Speller says his path didn’t begin in professional sports. It began in ministry.<\/p>\n

“I always say it was all God,” he said. “I was a part of a basketball team — it was a prison ministry basketball team.”<\/p>\n

Speller started doing player introductions, not realizing he was practicing for the role that would later define him.<\/p>\n

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CBS Colorado’s Tori Mason interviews Denver Nuggets annoucer Kyle Speller.<\/p>\n

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Then the Nuggets held an open call.<\/p>\n

“The assignment was, ‘If you were the public address announcer for the Nuggets, how would you do? Please send us your rendition of the player introductions,'” he said.<\/p>\n

Speller recorded his submission in minutes at the Comcast Media Center in Littleton. It was mailed on a CD.<\/p>\n

“They said mine was the only one that they liked,” he said. “They brought me in and I’ve been here ever since.”<\/p>\n

Now, he’s in his 21st season.<\/p>\n

Speller is the first Black public address announcer for a major professional sports team in Colorado.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t even thinking about it,” he said. “I was just so excited to be here. It didn’t even hit me until years later.”<\/p>\n

Speller’s “arena voice”<\/a> is instantly recognizable — but he says his real voice shows up in everyday moments, especially when young people need guidance.<\/p>\n

“I’m always trying to speak to their future self,” he said. “I want to leave the world better than I found it.”<\/p>\n

That mindset, he said, is rooted in legacy — even when he may never see the results.<\/p>\n

“I may not see the fruits of my labor. That’s not up to me,” he said. “But my job is to get the job done when I do see those opportunities.”<\/p>\n

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Kyle Speller<\/p>\n

As a counselor and coach, Speller said he often meets kids who feel unheard — or unsure if they even have a voice worth using.<\/p>\n

He wants kids to understand they don’t need to become someone else. They need to become themselves.<\/p>\n

“We don’t need another Nikola. We don’t need another Jamal,” he said, referring to Denver All-Stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. “We need you, whoever you are. You’ve been uniquely designed. You have a purpose.”<\/p>\n

Speller said seeing Black leaders in his own life helped shape the man he became — from how someone wore their suit to how they led a room, to how they treated people at every level.<\/p>\n

“It is extremely important,” he said, describing why it matters for young Black kids to see people who look like them in visible roles. “That was invaluable for me. So I know it’s invaluable for our young people as well.”<\/p>\n

Off the court he’s also the team chaplain, powered by faith. <\/p>\n

“Everything that I do is really for an audience of one,” he said. “The only person that I’m really trying to impress is my heavenly Father.”<\/p>\n

Despite being the voice that commands a packed arena, Speller said he gets pregame jitters before every game.<\/p>\n

“I have an outgoing personality, but I am shy!” he said. “If I’m in a room with people that I just don’t know, I might stand in the corner.”<\/p>\n

Whether he’s announcing at Ball Arena, out in the community<\/a> or mentoring students, Speller says the goal is the same: “Leave it better than I found it. And make an impact.”<\/p>\n

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