He grew up listening to Woody Durham and Mick Mixon calling Tar Heel football and basketball games on the radio with his family.
[1] While a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Angell enrolled in what was then known as the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
[3] Angell started out his career calling high school football and baseball games in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1999.
[4] Angell's first job with the Tar Heel Sports Network was calling play-by-play for a Little League Baseball game for WIZS while still an intern.
[3] After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill, Angell worked in various radio and hosting positions within the Tar Heel Sports Network.
[7][8][9] As assistant director of new media at UNC Chapel Hill, Angell produced many features that have been shown on the video boards at Kenan Stadium and the Dean Smith Center.
Then-Tar Heel Sports Network general manager Gary Sobba and then-UNC Chapel Hill athletic director Dick Baddour flew out to Omaha, Nebraska, during the 2011 College World Series to inform Angell of the news.
[11] When the 2016-17 basketball team won the school's sixth NCAA title, Angell ended the game by saying: For 2017, the Tar Heels are the national dadgum champions!