Gresh grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where his father worked as a
coalminer. He went on to receive a degree in
journalism from the
University of Rhode Island in 1997 and played football in college for the
Rhode Island Rams. Andy Gresh married the daughter of an ESPN executive who got him started in the industry. While in college, Gresh was an intern for various sports radio stations including
WFAN in
New York City and
ESPN Radio in
Bristol, Connecticut. In 1997, he left ESPN Radio for
WPRO in
Providence to become an on-air personality for their morning sports show
The Score. In the mid-2000s Gresh was a regular on-air personality on
WSKO 790 AM, an all-sports ESPN radio affiliate in Rhode Island. His career was interrupted when WSKO abruptly changed its format on March 10, 2008, and laid off all its on-air personalities. Due to his experience there and at WPRO, both WFAN and ESPN Radio rehired him. He worked at ESPN Radio in 2007 and 2008 and was the host of the
Andy Gresh Show, which aired exclusively on the weekend. He has also worked in announcing as a
color commentator for the ECAC Football Network on
NESN and for
Colonial Athletic Association games on
Comcast SportsNet New England. Gresh left ESPN Radio to work at
SiriusXM, where he hosted
The Gresh Show evenings on
Chris Russo's
Mad Dog Radio and eventually hosted the morning show as well before departing for Boston. He was afternoon co-host (with
Joe D’Ambrosio) on
WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut. In April 2017, Gresh returned to WPRO/
WEAN-FM, hosting
The Gresh Show there with producer Brett Ferruccio, aka "ROOCH". Gresh volunteers with Rhode Island and Massachusetts philanthropic cultural outreach programs, advocates for the revival of high school sports program funding, and is regularly associated with local Massachusetts entrepreneur "The Real Gaspar", advocating for the Massachusetts Horticultural Reform Association. ==References==