Mike Golic will now be a college football analyst for ESPN in his new role.
Mike Golic will still have a role with ESPN after leaving ESPN Radio at the end of the month.
Golic had been a staple on ESPN Radio for two decades, as his popular morning radio show Mike and Mike with Mike Greenberg launched back in 2000. Once Greenberg left the show to start Get Up!, he was replaced with Trey Wingo to form Golic and Wingo. Though Golic’s second wasn’t nearly as successful, his time with ESPN is not coming to an end in 2020.
According to his ESPN colleague Adam Schefter, “After leaving ESPN radio later this month, [Mike Golic] will do work as a college football analyst for ESPN. He will now do what he did during his first 10 years at ESPN.”
After leaving ESPN radio later this month, @espngolic will do work as a college football analyst for ESPN. He will now do what he did during his first 10 years at ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 13, 2020
Mike Golic is going back to his ESPN roots as a college football analyst.
Golic first made a name for himself as a defensive lineman for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He spent nine years in the NFL, most notably with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1987 to 1992. In 1995, Golic joined ESPN as an NFL analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown. He went over to the college side of things in 1998 before Mike and Mike took off in the 2000s.
Given that Golic has covered sports on a national scope for two decades and has great expertise in the sport of football, his transition over to college only shouldn’t be all that difficult. While ESPN does not own his alma mater’s television package, which belongs to NBC, Golic is more than capable of touching all the bases needed in the Power 5 and the sport at large.
Though this may be seen as a devastating blow to his career, it’s an opportunity to get back to his roots and become the best college football analyst he can be. Once Greenberg wanted out, it was inevitable that whoever Golic’s partner on the morning show was wasn’t going to live up to lofty expectations. The bar was set that high at a near-impossible benchmark to try to clear.
Look forward to seeing what Golic has to say about college football as an analyst this fall.
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