Leland "Lee" Corso (born August 7, 1935) is a sports broadcaster and football analyst for ESPN. He has been featured on ESPN's College GameDay program since its inception and he appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football through NCAA Football 10. In the off season, Corso serves as Director of Business Development for Dixon Ticonderoga, a Florida based pencil manufacturing company. Corso played college football at Florida State University. He served as the head football coach at the University of Louisville (1969–1972), Indiana University (1973–1982), and Northern Illinois University (1984), compiling a career college football record of 73–85–6. Corso was also the head coach of the United States Football League's Orlando Renegades in 1985.
Lee Corso can rest easy now that his recovered. A grinning, over-sized head of ESPN’s Lee Corso, had been stolen. Oregon State Police said, two days after it was reported stolen it has now been found and they have also apprehended the two suspects.Corso was the 16th head college football coach for the Northern Illinois University Huskies located in DeKalb, Illinois and he held that position for the 1984 season. His career coaching record at Northern Illinois was 4 wins, 6 losses, and 1 tie. After his brief stint as head coach at Northern Illinois, Corso returned to the USFL—this time as a coach for the Orlando Renegades.
Leland “Lee” Corso is a sports broadcaster and football analyst for ESPN. He has been featured on ESPN’s College GameDay program since its inception and he appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports’ NCAA Football through NCAA Football 10.
According to the OSP, August Michael Zane Cuneo, 26, of Eugene took the mascot head from the memorial Union Quad, walked away from the area and hid it in some bushes until Alexander Joseph Westerberg, 25, from Harrisburg arrived in a car.Corso was in Corvallis on Saturday as part of ESPN’s College GameDay crew, which broadcast from there prior to the nationally televised football game between the Ducks and Beavers. Corso is known for donning the head of a team’s mascot after making a pregame prediction that they’ll win.As the 2009 college football season wore on, the lingering effects of Corso’s stroke became more and more apparent. He stumbled over words, relied often on sentence fragments, and seemed much too out-of-sync with the rest of the broadcast team for nothing to be wrong.
In my opinion, ESPN is now at a crossroads in terms of keeping or releasing Corso. He’s been a fixture at the Worldwide Leader since 1987, and fans have loved him every step of the way.
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