Mike CoreySports

ESPN · NBC

Mike
Corey

Play-by-play on television for college football, basketball and lacrosse. Professor, Public Speaker, and Filmmaker

Mike Corey on a headset during a broadcast

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Play-by-play · ESPN & NBC

About Mike Corey

Mike Corey is a Sportscaster for ESPN and NBC and does Play-by-play on TV for College football, basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, baseball and softball. In addition, he has also called volleyball, rugby, water polo and MMA during his career and has also spent time working with CBS and Fox Sports. His professional broadcasting career began as the Voice of the Delaware Blue Hens on the radio from 1999-2012. He began calling TV games in 2002 for NESN, Comcast Sportsnet, CN8 and MASN.

In 2008, he was hired by NBC as the Play-by-play voice for Field Hockey for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. He also called the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Mike has called 5 Olympics in total, including the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics for Westwood One Radio as the Play-by-play voice for Speedskating. He also called 3 NCAA Women’s basketball regional finals for the network as well.

In 2011, Mike was hired by ESPN and has worked for the Network since and has called multiple NCAA football bowl games, NCAA college basketball’s NIT, the NCAA lacrosse playoffs and the NCAA Field Hockey National Championship. He has also called NCAA football bowl games for ESPN Radio.

Mike is a three-time winner for Delaware Sportscaster of the Year (2010, 2005, 2003) by the National Sports Media Association and four-time winner of Best Presentation and Sports Play-by-play by the Delaware Press Association. He is still active in the Community and has helped with various non-profit organizations including the SL24 Foundation for Mental Health Awareness, Special Olympics Delaware, Autism Delaware and the Delaware Kids Fund.

He also currently teaches a TV Sportscasting class during the Spring and Fall semesters at the University of Delaware for the Communications department which began back in the Spring of 2022. Mike grew up in Brattleboro, VT and graduated with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1999.

Next assignment · 2026–27

Upcoming

College Football · ESPNU

Missouri State at Delaware

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Newark, DE

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Networks Mike Corey has called games for

ESPN · NBC

On-Air Experience

Mike has called games for ESPN and NBC, including multiple NCAA football bowl games, NCAA college basketball’s NIT, the NCAA lacrosse playoffs, and the NCAA Field Hockey National Championship.

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Mike Corey with his TV sportscasting class in the studio

TV Sportscasting Class

University of Delaware Professor

Mike teaches a TV sportscasting class during the Spring and Fall semesters at the University of Delaware for the Communications department, which began back in the Spring of 2022.

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A scene from Lightning in a Bottle at UMass

UMass, 1995–96

Lightning in a Bottle

Mike and Brad Davidson reunite the team behind one of college basketball’s great runs. This work in progress documentary is a look back at the 1995–96 UMass Minutemen, who made it to the Final Four.

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