Kuiper later attended University of New Orleans before spending two years as an infielder (primarily at second base) playing minor league baseball with the Spokane Indians and Erie Cardinals.
He moved to the Bay Area in the late 1980s and graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting.
Kuiper also handled various collegiate assignments for NBC Sports Bay Area and the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.
"[10] On May 22, 2023, NBC Sports California announced that Kuiper would no longer be working for the network, having been terminated for the incident following an internal investigation.
[11] Kuiper released his own statement the evening of his firing, saying he "will always have a hard time understanding how one mistake in a 20-year broadcasting career is cause for termination...