Radio Cotter started his broadcasting career at
Scot FM, a commercial radio station based in
Edinburgh, in 1997. In 2000 he moved to London to work at both
BBC Radio 5 Live and
Sky News. It was at
BBC Radio that he began his commentary career, in both rugby and golf covering The
Six Nations and
Rugby World Cup as well as the
Masters Tournament,
The Open Championship, the
U.S. Open, the
PGA Championship and the
Ryder Cup. At the same time he was presenting sports bulletins across
BBC Radio.
Television Cotter's work in television began in 2001, presenting sports bulletins on
BBC News 24. In 2003 he began commentating on golf for
BBC Television, covering the
Masters Tournament and
The Open Championship, as well as other events on the
European Tour. That year he also began commentating on
rugby union for
BBC Sport, primarily covering the
Six Nations Championship. In 2008, he began commentating on tennis and is a regular voice for the
Wimbledon Championships on the
BBC, whose commentating is also used for the tournament’s English language coverage on
Eurosport. Since 2013, Cotter has been part of BBC Sport's commentary team for athletics, working on several
European Athletics and
World Athletics Championships, as well as the
Olympic Games. He has attended four Olympics, initially as a multi-sport commentator, but since 2016 as part of the athletics team and also as commentator on the opening and closing ceremonies. Cotter took over as lead commentator on the
Boat Race, ==Personal life==