Longtime ESPN school soccer analyst Lee Corso is retiring from the community following the primary “College Gameday” of the upcoming season this fall.
Corso, a former head coach at Louisville, Indiana, Northern Illinois and the defunct USFL Orlando Renegades, has been part of the Saturday preview present because it premiered in 1987, finally changing into identified for donning an outsized mascot head to announce his choose of the week’s greatest sport.
“My family and I will be forever indebted for the opportunity to be part of ESPN and ‘College GameDay’ for nearly 40 years,” Corso mentioned in a press release. “I have a treasure of many friends, fond memories and some unusual experiences to take with me into retirement.”
Corso has received 9 Sports activities Emmy awards for the Most Excellent Weekly Studio Present and is nominated once more this yr.
His final “College Gameday” will air Aug. 30 from a to-be-determined location, however Ohio State — the college Corso has picked essentially the most — is scheduled to play Texas that day. Florida State — the place Corso performed within the Fifties — will even play Alabama that day.
The community mentioned it could announce additions to the present at a later date.
