Dallas Baptist University Athletics

Reagan Ratcliff serves as DBU's Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Communications, overseeing media relations and strategic communications for the Patriots' 12 NCAA programs. He also enters his 16th season as the play-by-play voice of DBU Baseball on the Patriot Broadcasting Network (PBN) while also calling DBU Basketball and Men's and Women's Soccer.

Since joining the Patriot Athletics staff, Ratcliff has worked alongside the University's Communications department to expand the video production and live broadcast capabilities of DBU Athletics. In 2024, DBU Baseball coverage transitioned to ESPN+, bringing Patriot Baseball to a nationwide audience. During his 14 seasons behind the microphone, Ratcliff has called 12 NCAA Regionals, including the Patriots' run to the 2021 NCAA Columbia Super Regional. He also broadcast DBU Men's Basketball's South Central Regional championship and run to the NCAA Division II National Semifinals in 2025, as well as DBU Women's Soccer's NCAA Regional championships and Elite Eight appearances in 2021 and 2025.

Before arriving at DBU, Ratcliff spent eight years as a high school coach and educator. He began his coaching career at Duncanville High School, where he coached football and track from 2005-09 before spending four seasons at Joshua High School. During his tenure at Joshua, he served two years as the football team's defensive coordinator while also leading the school's powerlifting program. Ratcliff was instrumental in launching the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Joshua High School and was honored as the Greater Fort Worth FCA Coach of the Year in 2011, receiving the Jim Wacker Award.

Prior to coaching, Ratcliff built an extensive background in sports broadcasting. In 1999, he served as Director of Broadcasting for the Southern Oregon Timberjacks, the Short Season Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. In 2000, he helped establish the Nauticom Sports Network, where he developed a statewide network of radio affiliates broadcasting Texas high school sports online. Ratcliff later returned to his alma mater to broadcast Baylor Baseball for two seasons on the Baylor Radio Network.

In addition to his responsibilities at DBU, Ratcliff broadcasts Texas high school football for Champion Sports Radio and Dave Campbell's Texan Live. He was on the call for Duncanville High School's Class 6A Division I state championship seasons in both 2022 and 2023, as the Panthers finished each year ranked among the nation's top 10 by USA Today.

Ratcliff is a member of the College Sports Communicators and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He also serves as an adjunct professor at DBU, teaching Media Announcing in the College of Fine Arts.

A 1998 graduate of Baylor University, Ratcliff earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication before receiving his Master of Education in Kinesiology from Dallas Baptist University.

He and his wife, Christina, have two children, Jake and Landrey. The Ratcliff family resides in Fort Worth and attend University Baptist Church, where he serves as a deacon.