Don Kobos is a native of Salem, Massachusetts. He attended Wake Forest University on a football scholarship and graduated with a bachelors and masters degree.
Before becoming a television reporter, Don was a teacher and coach for two years, teaching junior and senior high school students in North Carolina and Virginia.
Don joined KTRK-TV and ABC/13 Eyewitness News in 1982. As a member of Houston’s #1 rated news organization, he received numerous awards for reports covering crime, corruption, medicine, law, mental health, sports, documentary and investigative work.
In 2000, Don was promoted to ABC/13’s Assistant News Director.
In addition to his dedicated work at the television station, Don wrote a weekly sports and education newspaper column for over two years between 1989 and 1992. “Play-It S.A.F.E. /Student-Athletes For Education” appeared in fifteen weekly papers in Greater Houston and was recognized by the two largest teachers associations in Texas as the best education column in the state. In addition, Don also authored an award winning study skills booklet that has been published in English, Spanish and Braille.
He’s also served on a number of boards and worked with community organizations including: Chairman of the 1997 American Heart Association’s Paul “Bear” Bryant College Coach of the Year Award; the Rotary Club of Houston; the Orton Dyslexia Society; and the Lombardi College Lineman of the Year Award benefiting the American Cancer Society.
After a successful 32 years at KTRK ABC/13 and 40 years in the television news business, Don Kobos retired on September 17, 2014.