[1][2] Dolphin attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and then enrolled at Brown Institute of Broadcasting in Minneapolis.
[3] In 1999, Dolphin was a contender for the radio play-by-play job on Chicago Bears football broadcasts.
Just two years later, the Bears pursued Dolphin when Bender resigned citing exhaustion from the extensive travel required.
[5] Dolphin rejected the Bears' offer because it would have forced him to move to Chicago and cut his ties to the Hawkeyes' broadcasts.
He also hosts weekly television coaches shows, where Ferentz and McCaffery recap the latest games.