Saturday, Oct. 26, will be “Coach Lee Corso Day” in Bloomington.
Mayor Kerry Thomson will be on ESPN’s College GameDay to honor Corso — a former Indiana football head coach and GameDay host — and his legacy at IU, in Monroe County and for college sports by declaring the day in his name, according to a city press release.
Corso was the head coach of the Hoosiers football team from 1973-82, which included the program’s first bowl win in 1979. He is the third winningest coach in IU football history and was inducted into the IUB Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
He joined ESPN as a contributor in 1987 and has spent much of his time with the network at GameDay. He is known for his “headgear selection,” where he picks the winning team based on the game the show is previewing.
Despite missing recent “GameDay” shows in past weeks with health issues, Corso, 89, will be in Bloomington to make his pick.
ESPN announced “College GameDay” would be in Bloomington ahead of IU football’s matchup against Washington on Sunday, the first time the show’s regular Saturday show would be in B-Town. GameDay came to Bloomington in 2017, but it was a Thursday night show rather than typical Saturday program.
Along with Thomson, Corso and the rest of the regular GameDay cast, IU baseball great and Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber will be on as a guest picker.
