Dean has been voted the Oklahoma Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (NSSA) eight times and is a two-time Emmy Award winner, known for his professionalism and versatility.
He has been the Sports Director at KWTV NEWS 9 in Oklahoma City since 2001, and anchors weeknight sportscasts for okblitz.com. Dean can be seen statewide co-anchoring “The Blitz” every Sunday night. He has been on the radio in Oklahoma City for 22 years and co-hosts the popular weekday drive-time radio show, "The Total Dominance Hour" on The Sports Animal.
After earning All-State honors in 1974 in football, basketball, and track, Blevins was voted the "Oklahoma High School Athlete of the Year" by the Oklahoma Coaches Association and won the "Jim Thorpe Award" which is given to the best athlete in Oklahoma. Blevins was a high school All-American in football and basketball, and was named the 1974 "Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year" by the Tulsa Tribune. He was one of two players in the inaugural class elected into the Norman High School basketball Hall of Fame.
As a quarterback at the University of Oklahoma, Blevins played on national championship teams in 1974 and 1975 and four Big 8 Championship teams from 1974 to 1977. He also played basketball at OU and still holds his position as the last player to have lettered in both football and basketball in the same season in half a century.
In 1975, Blevins won the Jay Meyer Award, given to the top scholar athlete at OU and graduated with a journalism degree in 1978. Voted one of America's 10 best-dressed men in sports by Sport Magazine, Blevins has announced college football and basketball games for 25 years, including 14 years for CBS, ABC, and ESPN. Since 1985, Blevins has hosted coaches TV and radio shows for some twenty coaches including recognizable figures Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops, Jerry Jones, and Eddie Sutton. Blevins is in his eleventh year of hosting two weekly TV shows with OU head football coach, Bob Stoops.
Dean is an avid golfer and carries a three-handicap. He was named "Oklahoma Father of the Year" in 2003 by the American Diabetes Association. Blevins and his wife, Sarah, reside in Edmond with their son, Carson. Stepsons Chris and Ross are recent graduates of OU.