What is Lee Corso's net worth in 2025? ESPYs pay tribute as longtime ESPN analyst prepares to retire

Lee Corso has a net worth of about $12 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He is an American broadcaster and college football analyst who was recently honored at the 2025 ESPY Awards. During the beginning of his football career, he played as a quarterback and defensive back at Florida State University. Later on, he made a name for himself as a sports broadcaster for ESPN's College GameDay.

When Corso is not talking sports, he is focused on his role as the Director of Business Development for Dixon Ticonderoga, which is a manufacturing company for art supplies. Back in 2001, Corso led a project to make crayons completely out of soybeans. He is also an honorary chairman of Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer, which is a non-profit organization that enables youth sports teams to bring in funds for pediatric cancer research.

Aside from the ESPY tribute, Lee Corso received the National College Football Awards Association's Contributions to College Football Award in 2010. The award is for:

"recognizing exceptional contributions to college football and a lifetime of achievement and integrity"

He is also a part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Alumni Hall of Fame.

ESPYs pays tribute to Lee Corso before he retires from ESPN's College GameDay

The Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards (ESPY Awards) is an annual show dedicated to honoring individuals and team achievements in sports-related fields. This year's show, which was on July 16, 2025, honored Lee Corso, one of America's prominent sports broadcasters and analysts, before he retired.

Burke Magnus, who is ESPN's president of content, said:

"This is a unique opportunity we have to weave him into the evening and really begin the process of sending him off with full honors... To get him there in person to acknowledge all of his contributions and what he’s meant to both the company and sports, but more importantly the fans, we just think it’s a fitting way to kick off his departure."

At the awards show, Lee Corso's colleagues, who include Pat McAfee, Kirk Herbstreit, and Desmond Howard, had a few things to say about Lee.

Herbstreit began by saying:

"I feel like I've had the best seat really in all in college football for these last 30 years, right next to Coach, right before he'd pull that headgear out or say something that nobody else would say... There's so many lessons and such a special bond that I'm so lucky to share with one of the great spirits and great minds that college football has ever seen."

McAfee also added:

"I don't think anybody can question what Coach means to GameDay... Obviously there's a generation of fans from all over the country that love the sport strictly because of Lee, and it's not just because of his knowledge of the game or his résumé, it's because he understands very much that you don't have to take yourself seriously to talk about sports... That's what makes for good TV. What is his quote actually about how we should view TV?"

Kirk Herbstreit answered:

"We're in the entertainment business, and college football is our vehicle."

Lee Corso also took the stage and said:

"I'm honored to be here tonight. I want to thank ESPN for this tribute and an opportunity to do a job that I've loved for 38 years... My goal on TV was to bring a smile to everybody's face. I hope I have done that. My wife, Betsy, and I have been married for 69 years, and I just wanted to thank her for loving me and allowing me to love her for all those years. Thank you very much ESPN for this honor, tribute, and I appreciate everybody here. Thank you very much."

Lee Corso was sent off with "pizzaz" as the band started playing the "College GameDay" theme song and was handed his Trojan helmet.

Lee Corso has previously announced that his last day on ESPN's College GameDay will be on Week 1 of the 2025 college football season, which falls on August 30, 2025. It will be in Columbus, Ohio.

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