About Paul Kuharsky
Covering the Titans and the NFL since 1996
Paul Kuharsky is an award-winning writer who has covered the NFL for over 30 years in California, Texas and Tennessee. He spent nine years helping build ESPN.com's NFL Nation, covering the AFC South and then the Tennessee Titans and he’s been a popular broadcast personality in Nashville, where he co-hosted The Midday 180 on 104.5 The Zone for nine years.
Kuharsky specializes in Tennessee Titans news and analysis: roster construction, football strategy, NFL draft analysis, salary cap strategy, coaching and front office accountability and Pro Football Hall of Fame candidacy evaluation.
Since 1996, Kuharsky has covered every Titans head coach, general manager, playoff appearance, stadium transition and major organizational change.
Quick Facts
- Covers the Tennessee Titans since 1996
- Award-winning NFL writer with 30+ years covering the league in California, Texas, and Tennessee
- Covered the Oakland Raiders for the Oakland Tribune during the team's move from Los Angeles
- Covered the Houston Oilers and the franchise's move to Nashville for The Tennessean
- Spent nine years helping build ESPN.com's NFL Nation, including AFC South and Titans coverage
- Co-hosted The Midday 180 on 104.5 The Zone for nine years
- Pro Football Hall of Fame selector since 2016
- Named to the Hall of Fame coach/contributors committee in 2022
- Holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Columbia University in New York
- Launched PaulKuharsky.com in 2017
- Full-time journalism instructor at Belmont University beginning in 2026
- Wikipedia entry
His work appeared in the New York Times before Kuharsky covered the 1995 Raiders and their move from Los Angeles for the Oakland Tribune. When he first met Al Davis, he asked the Raiders' Hall of Fame owner about adjusting to the West Coast. Davis told him, “You don’t adjust, you just dominate.”
In 1996, Kuharsky joined The Tennessean to dominate and chronicle the final season of the Houston Oilers and the franchise’s relocation to Nashville. He covered the Oilers/Titans and the NFL and wrote enterprise pieces for the paper for a dozen years before joining ESPN.com as a divisional blogger tracking the Colts, Jaguars, Texans and Titans.
During that time, he caught (and dropped) punts from Titans punter Brett Kern and hit a 40-yard field goal working with Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee, winning one of the kicker’s shoes.
When ESPN.com expanded NFL Nation in 2013, Kuharsky’s focus moved exclusively to the Titans.
Kuharsky has served on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee since 2016 as one of roughly 50 selectors nationwide. In 2022, he was named to the coach/contributors committee. As a selector, he researches and debates candidates, participates in the annual selection meeting and votes on the final class. His Hall of Fame commentary and reporting have appeared in broader NFL coverage discussing nominees, voting procedures and the selection process.
Starting in 2012, Kuharsky worked with Jonathan Hutton and Chad Withrow on The Midday 180 on one of the nation’s top-rated sports talk stations. The trio’s chemistry, humor and detailed interview style regularly earned them rave reviews. They branched out into OutKick 360 in the spring of 2021 and Kuharsky remained there until the winter of 2022.
He launched PaulKuharsky.com in 2017, building one of the country's most successful independent NFL team membership sites.
In 2025, he joined Belmont University in Nashville as an adjunct professor with a focus on media ethics and in 2026 he became a full-time instructor.
Born in Cleveland, Kuharsky earned $200 for his work as an extra in the wedding and reception scenes of The Deer Hunter. He grew up in South River, N.J., and now lives in Brentwood, Tenn. with his wife and teenage son, who bats left, throws right and plays a rangy second base.
A land-locked beach lover, Kuharsky also loves the New York Yankees, the U.S. National Soccer Team, Chelsea and the work of Richard Russo, Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern. The list of things he does not like is quite a bit longer.