Lee Richard Corso[1] (born August 7, 1935) is an American sports broadcaster and college football analyst for ESPN and a former coach.
He was the head coach for the Orlando Renegades of the United States Football League in 1985, tallying a mark of 5–13.
He was the starting quarterback for the South in the 1956 Blue-Gray Game, though his squad lost to the Len Dawson-led North team, 14–0.
During one game in the 1976 season, Corso called a time out after his team scored a touchdown early in the second quarter.
Corso was slated to return to the Renegades in fall 1986, but the league suspended operations before the season began.
In 1987, Corso was hired by ESPN as an analyst for its Saturday College GameDay program that, since 1993, had originated from the site of one of the day's big games.
He often plays the role of comic foil to co-hosts Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, and Nick Saban.
Corso made his 250th headgear pick, TCU's Super Frog, before the TCU-WVU game in Morgantown, West Virginia, on November 1, 2014.
[11][12] Corso made a brief cameo in a 2006 Nike commercial featuring the fictional Briscoe High School football team, portrayed by football icons such as Michael Vick, LaDainian Tomlinson, Brian Urlacher, Troy Polamalu, and fellow FSU great Deion Sanders, and by coaches Don Shula, Jimmy Johnson, and Urban Meyer.
Corso takes his hawk mascot head off while the game's deciding play unfolds in slow-motion.
The 2006 to 2011 6th gen console editions of the games feature a pre-show which includes Corso making his mascot headgear prediction.
[13] In the off-season, Corso serves as Director of Business Development for Dixon Ticonderoga, a Florida-based manufacturer of writing and arts products, including No.
[3][16] The stroke left him unable to speak for a month (his speech eventually recovered with few noticeable side effects) and severely slowed his cognitive function; since the stroke, Corso has had to script and rehearse his appearances on College GameDay and is no longer able to effectively ad lib.