Lee Corso

Former college football coach Lee Corso is a long-time college football analyst for ESPN. Prior to joining ESPN for their College GameDay series in 1987, Corso played college football with the Florida State Seminoles as both a quarterback and cornerback from 1953 to 1957. He went on to serve as a graduate assistant at Florida State before holding smaller coaching jobs at Maryland and Navy. Among his head coaching positions included stops at Louisville, Indiana and Northern Illinois plus a brief stay with the Orlando Renegades in the United State Football League.http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/corso_lee/

In December 2010, two former students at the University of Oregon were cited after allegedly stealing a large mascot head featuring the likeness of Corso was recovered by police. The head is used by the broadcaster when he makes his winning picks for college football games and has also been featured in a commercial for ESPN's College GameDay.http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/12/espn_college_gameday_host_lee.html

After college, Corso took his first coaching position with the Maryland Terrapins as their quarterbacks coach in 1959. He spent ten seasons at the University of Maryland, before taking over as the head coach of the Louisville Cardinals in 1969.http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/corso_lee/

Corso was hired as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers in 1973. After 10 seasons at Indiana, he left the team and was an announcer for the United States Football League. Corso returned to coaching in 1984, spending one season with the Northern Illinois Huskies then the 1985 season with the Orlando Renegades in the United States Football League.http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/corso_lee/

Corso left coaching after the 1985 season to focus exclusively on broadcasting. He was hired by ESPN in 1987 and has provided college football coverage ever since. Additionally, he provides play-by-play coverage on the EA Sports NCAA Football video games.http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/corso_lee/

Corso suffered a minor stroke in May of 2009, but made a full recovery and re-joined ESPN for college football broadcasts later in the 2009 season.http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4213090 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bill_trocchi/09/07/lee.corso.qa/index.html