How old is Lee Corso?

Lee Corso is back for another exciting season of shenanigans on ESPN’s College GameDay.

College GameDay has been part of our fall Saturdays for decades now, thanks to the one-of-a-kind personality that is Lee Corso.

The former Indiana and Louisville head coach has been part of College GameDay since its inception way back in 1987. While he achieved legendary status on the show for his cutting-edge headgear picks, people have begun to wonder how much longer Corso can keep on doing this thing. He may be young at heart, but people are very concerned for his well-being at this stage of his football life.

So how old is L.C. anyhow?

Lee Corso age: How old is Lee Corso?

Lee Richard Corso was born on Aug. 7, 1935 to Italian immigrants in Cicero, Illinois. At 10 years old, he and his family moved to Miami where he played high school football and baseball. The two-sport athlete played quarterback at Florida State University in the 1950s. His college roommate was none other than future movie star Burt Reynolds. Corso just recently turned 87 years old.

Lee Corso career: Coaching history, TV career

After playing quarterback and defensive back for the Seminoles, Corso got into the coaching profession. He initially served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 1958 after graduating from Florida State the year prior. In 1959, he left Tallahassee to become the quarterbacks coach for the Maryland Terrapins, a role he maintained in College Park through the 1965 college season.

Then in 1966, he became the defensive backs coach for the Navy Midshipmen. Three years later, Corso was named the head coach of the Louisville Cardinals. He went 28-11-3 overall in four years at Louisville, going 13-6 in Missouri Valley Conference play, winning a pair of conference championships in 1970 and 1972. After four years at Louisville, Corso left for the Indiana Hoosiers.

Although Corso lasted 10 seasons in Bloomington, he only posted a 41-68-2 record at Indiana, going 27-53-2 in Big Ten play. Only twice did the Hoosiers achieve a winning record under him, coming in back-to-back campaigns with an 8-4 mark in 1979 and a 6-5 mark in 1980. He would then coach the 1984 Northern Illinois Huskies and the 1985 Orlando Renegades in the old USFL.

As stated above, Corso first got into broadcasting in 1987 with ESPN as part of College GameDay once the USFL folded. Over the last 35 years, Corso has been everyone’s favorite on GameDay, often providing comedy on location for the popular rotating college football pre-game show. From headgear picks, to saying “not so fast!”, Corso is as bit of college football as anyone to ever exist.

It may not be pretty, but we must cherish every last Saturday Corso is a part of College GameDay.

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