Jack Ebling is the National Sports Media Association's only three-time State Sportswriter of the Year AND three-time State Sportscaster of the Year. The Redford Township native was inducted into the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and received a Michigan State University College of Communication Outstanding Alumni Award in 2024. He began his career as an English teacher and football/track coach at Lapeer West High School, then transitioned to journalism as a beat writer and sports columnist at the Lansing State Journal from 1978-2003.
Jack has received 21 major state and national writing awards, authored or co-authored eight books and contributed more than 125 articles for national publications. He has hosted sports and news talk radio shows for nearly a quarter-century, including The Drive with Jack Ebling. Every Sunday evening since 2013, he has hosted Press Pass with Jack Ebling on FOX 47 in Lansing, the state's longest-running hour-long, year-long sports TV show.
He has been a national board member of both the football and basketball writers associations. Since 1986 he has been the Michigan chairman for the Heisman Memorial Trophy. He has seen every MSU-Michigan football and men's basketball game since October 1969. And as a mentor Jack has helped 88 young professionals launch their careers.