Pepe Mantilla

Jose "Pepe" Mantilla is a Mexican sports broadcaster for the Los Angeles Lakers who also used to cover USC Trojans football.

Early life

A graduate of UNAM in Mexico City, Mantilla has been a commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers since 1993 which included every year of Kobe Bryant's career. In addition to his work with the Lakers, he has also served as a commentator for a series of soccer games, including the World Cup, NFL games and other events for Fox Sports, while also serving the network as a play-by-play man for MLB broadcasts. He is credited with helping to establish the Lakers' digital marketing to the Hispanic market.
Mantilla was honored in 2017 as a Spanish Language Radio Analyst from the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame and received the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award in 2014.