ESPNU is an American multinational

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and

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sports television channel owned by

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, a

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between

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(which owns a controlling 80% stake) and

Hearst Communications Hearst Corporation, Hearst Holdings Inc. and Hearst Communications Inc. comprise an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate owned by the Hearst family and based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York ...

(which owns the remaining 20%). The channel is primarily dedicated to coverage of

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, and is also used as an additional outlet for general ESPN programming. ESPNU is based alongside its sister networks at ESPN's headquarters in

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. , ESPNU is available to approximately 36,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2014 peak of 75,000,000 households.

History

The network was launched on March 4, 2005, with its first broadcast originating from the site of

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on the

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campus in

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. The network's first live event was a semifinal game of the

Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in partnership with ...

men's basketball tournament between

Southeast Missouri State University Southeast Missouri State University (Southeast or SEMO) is a public university in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In addition to the main campus, the university has four regional campuses offering full degree programs and a secondary campus housing t ...

and

Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. It also maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, and Manchester and offers over 40 online undergraduate and graduate options. History Founding ...

. The network was launched as a response to rival College Sports Television (CSTV) (now

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). ESPN was also being investigated by the

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on allegations of "warehousing" collegiate sporting events from certain conferences, or signing a deal with a conference for all their games, but only televising a small number and not allowing the conference to make other arrangements for television broadcasts. ESPN and XOS Technologies entered into a partnership for college athletics websites to compete directly with CSTV's growing internet presence. On August 28, 2006, ESPNU launched a new ''

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on Septem ...

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focusing entirely on college sports. The program, '' SportsCenterU'', was originally scheduled to be broadcast from ESPN's headquarters in

. However, ESPN instead chose to originate the show from Charlotte. Mike Hall was the program's lead anchor until August 2007, when he left for the new

Big Ten Network Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of College athletics, collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news ...

. He was replaced by Mike Gleason and

Lowell Galindo Lowell Galindo (born 1991) is an American sportscaster and play by play commentator, best known for his job as a commentator for college football on ESPN. A graduate of Emerson College, Galindo also previously covered the Texas Longhorns' Longhor ...

. The two are joined on-set by

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s that vary depending on the sports season. The same day as ''SportsCenterU''s debut, ESPNU launched the website ESPNU.com. The site included live-streaming of college sports events, a multimedia player dedicated to college sports, podcasts and ESPN Motion clips of studio programming from the ESPNU television network. ESPNU expanded its live programming to

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by broadcasting its first-ever water polo match between the women's teams of

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and

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on March 28, 2009, from DeNunzio Pool in

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. In addition to its collegiate sports coverage, ESPNU has simulcast

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's midday program over its airwaves since 2008, with the exception of a brief period between 2011 and 2012. The program airing for the majority of that time was ''

The Herd with Colin Cowherd ''The Herd with Colin Cowherd'' (or simply ''The Herd'') is an American sports talk show hosted by Colin Cowherd. A simulcast, it airs as both a sports talk radio show and television broadcast on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1, respectively. ...

'', which has since moved to

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and is simulcast on

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. Following Cowherd's departure and several weeks of guest hosts taking over the timeslot, ''

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz ''The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz'' is a syndicated sports talk show hosted by Dan Le Batard and Jon "Stugotz" Weiner broadcast out of Miami. It was also carried on many ESPN Radio Network affiliates nationwide and simulcast nationally on ...

'' became the permanent replacement for ''The Herd''. On April 26, 2017, as part of a larger series of company-wide cuts, it was announced that ESPNU's studio operations would be re-located from Charlotte to ESPN's main headquarters in

. Less than 10 employees were laid off as part of the cuts.

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and

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continue to operate out of Charlotte. On August 8, 2017, ESPNU aired a marathon of lesser-known and unconventional non-college sports as " ESPN 8: The Ocho"—an homage to a fictitious eighth ESPN channel portrayed in the film '' DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story'', which aired events that were "almost a sport". The stunt was reprised the following year on

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. On August 31, 2017, as part of an extension of ESPN's agreements with the service,

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's channel College Sports Nation was relaunched as

ESPNU Radio SiriusXM College Sports Radio is a channel on Sirius XM Radio focused on collegiate sports talk and play by play broadcasts. The channel assumed its current form in 2010, mainly as a result of a merging of Sirius Sports Central and XM Sports Nati ...

. The channel carries audio simulcasts of ESPN college sports studio programming, as well as other programs and event coverage. The co-branding agreement ended on February 4, 2023.

Carriage

On May 19, 2009, ESPN announced it had reached a carriage agreement with

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, which allows the cable provider to carry ESPNU on a widely distributed digital cable tier, instead of a less popular sports tier. ESPNU was added to most Comcast systems in time for the start of the 2009–10

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season. This ended several years of negotiations and somewhat of a feud between Comcast and ESPN over carriage of ESPNU. On that same date, ESPNU reached a new carriage agreement with

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, which moved the channel from the satellite provider's add-on "Sports Pack" to its basic "Choice" package on July 1, 2009, swapping channels and packages with

ESPN Classic ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television television network, network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which controlled an 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which had 20%). The channel was ...

Cablevision Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its ex ...

added ESPNU to its systems on March 23, 2010. ESPNU is carried on

PlayStation Vue PlayStation Vue (PS Vue) was an American streaming television service that was owned by the Sony Interactive Entertainment subdivision of the Sony Corporation of America division of Sony. Launched with a limited major-market rollout on March 18, ...

, and

Sling TV Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dish Network. Unveiled on January 5, 2015, at the Consumer Electronics Show, the virtual multichannel video programming distributor aim ...

. Outside the United States, ESPNU became available in Mexico in 2017.

Dish Network lawsuit

On August 4, 2009

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sued ESPN for $1 million in a federal lawsuit, alleging that ESPN breached its contract by not extending the same carriage terms that the programmer provided to Comcast and DirecTV for ESPNU and ESPN Classic. The lawsuit claims ESPN violated the " Most Favored Nations" clause. The next day, ESPN announced it would fight the lawsuit and said in a press release: "We have repeatedly advised Dish that we are in full compliance with our agreement and have offered them a distribution opportunity with respect to ESPNU and ESPN Classic consistent with the rest of the industry. We will not renegotiate settled contracts and will vigorously defend this legal action, the apparent sole purpose of which is to get a better deal." Dish Network moved the channel from its "Classic Gold 250" package to its "Classic Bronze 100" package on September 30, 2009. However, it claimed that the move had nothing to do with the lawsuit.

Coverage rights

ESPNU has rights to sporting events from the following collegiate athletic conferences: *

American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States, featuring 13 full member universities and 6 affiliate member universities that compete in t ...

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...

(ACC) *

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

Conference USA Conference USA (CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference of member institutions in the Southern and Western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. CUSA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas. Mem ...

Ivy League The Ivy League is an American collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference of eight Private university, private Research university, research universities in the Northeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegia ...

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...

(MAC) *

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...

(MEAC) *

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...

Missouri Valley Football Conference The Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC), formerly the Gateway Football Conference, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the National Collegiate A ...

Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its Co ...

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central United States, South Central and Southeastern United States. Its 16 members in ...

(SEC) *

Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United St ...

(SWAC) *

Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that has been affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football confe ...

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington. Due to ...

(WAC) *

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting o ...

(WCC)

List of programs broadcast by ESPNU

Current

Studio

*''ESPNU Bracketology'' (2006–present) *''ESPNU Coaches Spotlight'' (2006–present) *''Give 'N Go'' (2007–present) *''Inside the Big East'' (2006–present) *''ESPNU Inside the Polls'' (2005–present) *''ESPNU Recruiting Insider'' (2006–present) *'' SportsCenterU'' (2006–present) *'' College Football Live''

Live sports programs

*''ESPNU College Baseball'' (2005–present) Regular Season & select NCAA Tournament games LIVE *''

ESPNU College Basketball ''ESPN College Basketball'' is a blanket title used for presentations of college basketball on ESPN and its family of networks (including ABC since 2006). Its coverage focuses primarily on competition in NCAA Division I, holding broadcast righ ...

'' (2005–present) *''

ESPNU College Football ''ESPNU College Football'' is a broadcast of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football on ESPNU. ''ESPNU College Football'' debuted on August 25, 2005 with a HBCU match-up bet ...

'' (2005–present) *''ESPNU College Hockey'' (2005–present) Coverage of the Men's DI NCAA tournament regionals and the Women's National Collegiate Frozen Four (since 2021); select regular season games from the Big Ten (since 2013) and Hockey East (beginning 2022) *''ESPNU College Lacrosse'' (2005–present) Includes D1 Men's Tournament until Semis when it moves to ESPN 2. *''ESPNU College Soccer'' (2005–present) NCAA D1 Men's Semifinals Finals & Women's Semifinals & Finals as well as select men's & women's regular season games *''ESPNU College Softball'' (2005–present) Regular Season & select NCAA Tournament games LIVE *''ESPNU College Volleyball'' (2005–present) Women's games as well as Beach Volleyball Tournament Day 1 *''

ESPN Megacast ''ESPN Megacast'', formerly known as ''ESPN Full Circle'', is a multi-network simulcast of a single sporting event across multiple ESPN networks and serviceswith each feed providing a different version of the telecast making use of different fea ...

'' (2006–2007 as ''ESPN Full Circle'', 2015–present) *''

High School Showcase ''High School Showcase'', known under its corporate sponsored name as the ''GEICO High School Showcase'', is a presentation of high school football and high school basketball on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Since debuting in 2005, it primarily airs on ...

'' (2005–present) *''

NHL on ESPN The broadcasts of National Hockey League (NHL) games produced by ESPN have been shown on its various platforms in the United States, including ESPN itself, ABC, ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, Hulu, and Disney+. Since 2021, games have been broad ...

'' (2022–present) - Playoff broadcasts *''

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'' (2015–2017?) - Playoff broadcasts *''

NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is a professional basketball league in North America that serves as the Minor league#Basketball, developmental league of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league comprises 31 teams; as of ...

'' (2015–present) Mainly playoff games or G League showcase (since no fans are allowed to watch live at the stadium) *''

International Champions Cup The International Champions Cup (ICC) was an annual club association football (soccer) official competition staged from 2013 to 2019. COVID-19 resulted in the 2020 edition being cancelled. The tournament was later abolished, but the Women's I ...

'' (2018–present) When there is more than one game on or an early morning game in United States Local Time *''

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

'' (2018–present) a secondary network for the game of the week when ESPN2 or ESPNews has a live event at the games start *''FIL World Lacrosse Championships'' (2018–present) *''ESPN Radio TV Broadcasts'' – Only when ESPNews has a planned live sports "game" event cuts off there coverage of the broadcast will it be on ESPNU. *''

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

'' (2018–present) Live Telecast of

Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports F1 is a British pay television sports channel owned by Sky Group. Part of the Sky Sports networks, it broadcasts motorsport coverage, with a particular focus on Formula One, including live coverage of all practices, qualifying sessio ...

Grand Prix Practice 2 Coverage Only as ESPN 2 airs Practice 1 & Qualifying Sessions with ESPNews & Major Races On ESPN/ABC *''

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

'' (2011, 2015 & 2019) English coverage of the games when ESPN 2 or ESPN has other sports coverage. Just a loop around of the main events/matches going on at that moment, however every match is in Spanish only on

ESPN 3 ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360 and ESPN3.com) is an online streaming service owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications (wh ...

*''Summer of Next'' (2013–present) Showcases the best High School Athletes in the semi-finals & championship matches of some of the best tournaments in High School Lacrosse, Basketball, Softball, & Baseball. It ends with the best High School Football teams, players & games in the first weekend of the High School Football season with a three day event on the ESPN Networks. *''

The Basketball Tournament The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-invitation, single-elimination tournament, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States, with the stakes being a cash prize (the most recent tournament in The Basketball Tournam ...

'' Quarterfinal matches that ESPN or ESPN 2 can not show due to other sports. *''

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'' Live annual competition with more than 2,800 registered students from 93 countries and 596 universities and colleges.

Original series

*''Faces of Sports'' (2005–present) *''Honor Roll'' (2005–present) *''The Season: Ole Miss Football'' (2018–present)

Former

*''

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'' (2006–2007) *''The U'' (2005–2006) *''UNITE'' (2012–2013)

Personalities

Current

Announcers, reporters and hosts

* Dave Armstrong: (play-by-play, 2005–present) ''

'' *

Rece Davis William Laurece Davis (born ) is an American sports television journalist for ESPN/ESPN on ABC, ABC. Davis works as an anchor on ''SportsCenter'' and serves as host of various other programs on the network, including ''College GameDay (football ...

: (host, 2005–present) ''

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'' * Mike Gleason: (host and play-by-play, 2005––present) '' SportsCenterU'' and ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' * Clay Matvick: (host, reporter and play-by-play, 2006–present) ''

'' and ''

'' *

Chris Spielman Charles Christopher Spielman (born October 11, 1965) is an American former professional football player who is a special assistant to the owner and CEO for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played linebacker for the O ...

: (host, 2006–present) ''

'' *

Lisa Salters Alisia "Lisa" Salters (born March 6, 1966) is an American journalist and former college basketball player. She has been a reporter for ESPN and ESPN on ABC since 2000. Salters previously covered the O. J. Simpson murder case for American Broadc ...

: (reporter, 2008–present) ESPNU reporter *

Ian Darke Ian Darke (born 1954) is an English association football and boxing commentator who currently works for ESPN and TNT Sports. Darke was previously one of Sky's "Big Four" football commentators alongside Martin Tyler, Alan Parry and Rob Hawth ...

: (play-by-play, 2010–present) ESPNU play-by-play *

Joe Davis Joseph Davis (15 April 190110 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is ...

: (play-by-play, 2012–present) ESPNU play-by-play * Jaymee Sire: (reporter, 2013–present) ESPNU reporter * Mark Jones: (host, 2006–present) ESPNU host *

Anish Shroff Anish Shroff (born 1982) is the radio play-by-play man for the Carolina Panthers and a play-by-play announcer and on-air host at ESPN. Early life and education Shroff was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey to Hitesh and Nikita Shroff who are both fro ...

: (host, 2005–present) ESPNU host SportsCenterU *

Carter Blackburn Carter Blackburn (born March 30, 1979) is an American sportscaster. He currently works for CBS Sports after leaving ESPN in 2014. Early life and education Blackburn was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Kerrville, in the Texas Hill Count ...

: (reporter, 2006–present) ESPNU reporter * Mike Crispino: (reporter, 2005–present) ESPNU reporter *

Craig Custance Craig Custance is Head of Creative Development at The Athletic. Previously, he was an editorial director at The Athletic where he managed the NHL, MLB and college football groups. He is the author of ''The Franchise: The Business of Building Winnin ...

: (reporter, 2012–present) ESPNU reporter *

Bob Wischusen Robert Wischusen (; born October 1, 1971) is an American sports commentator who is currently a hockey, college football and basketball voice for ESPN and the radio voice announcer for the New York Jets on WAXQ-FM. Biography Early life and caree ...

: (play-by-play, 2006–present) ESPNU play-by-play

College hockey

Barry Melrose Barry James Melrose (born July 15, 1956) is a Canadian–American retired broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player and head coach. Melrose played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring ...

: (analyst, 1993–2023) ESPNU College Hockey *

Colby Cohen Colby Shane Cohen (born April 25, 1989) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche and in the AHL with the Providence Bruins, the minor league affiliate of ...

: (analyst, 2016–present) ESPNU College Hockey

College football

Lee Corso Lee Richard Corso (born August 7, 1935) is an American sports broadcaster and college football analyst for ESPN and a former coach. He has been an analyst on ESPN's '' College GameDay'' program since its inception in 1987. Corso served as the he ...

: (analyst, 2003–present) ESPNU College Football *

Mike Tomczak Michael John Tomczak (born October 23, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in National Football League (NFL) from 1985 through 1999. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He played in ...

: (analyst, 2005–present) ''

'' * Jay Walker: (analyst, 2005–present) ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' *

Todd McShay Todd Marshall McShay (born March 22, 1977) is an American football television analyst and commentator. Early life McShay attended North Shore Christian School in Lynn, Massachusetts and then Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, ...

: (analyst, 2005–present) '' ESPNU Inside the Polls'' *

Charles Arbuckle Charles Edward Arbuckle (born September 13, 1968) is an American football coach and former professional tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1990 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. He was re ...

: (analyst, 2005–present) ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' * David Diaz-Infante: (analyst, 2005–present) ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' *

Chris Martin Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter, Martin went to University Colleg ...

: (analyst, 2006–present) ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' *

Brian Kinchen Brian Douglas Kinchen (born August 6, 1965) is an American former professional American football, football tight end and long snapper who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Ca ...

: (analyst, 2006) ''

'' *

Mike Adamle Michael David Adamle (born October 4, 1949) is an American former professional football player and sports broadcaster. He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL). Adamle was a sports anchor at other Chicago ...

: (play-by-play, 2005–present) ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' *

Desmond Howard Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is an American former professional football wide receiver and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, wi ...

: (analyst, 2005–present) ESPNU College Football

College baseball

Mark Mulder Mark Alan Mulder (born August 5, 1977) is an American former professional baseball player. A left-handed starting pitcher, Mulder pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. He is a two-time All-Sta ...

: (analyst, 2011–present) ESPNU College Baseball *

Tom Luginbill Tom Luginbill (born January 3, 1974) is a former professional American football quarterback and coach. He is currently a college football analyst for ESPN. Playing career Luginbill was the starting quarterback for three colleges over his f ...

: (analyst, 2006–present) '' SportsCenterU'' and '' ESPNU Recruiting Insider'' and ESPNU College Baseball *

John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from through . D ...

: (analyst, 2003–present) ESPNU College Baseball *

Doug Glanville Douglas Metunwa Glanville (born August 25, 1970) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers. He is also a broadcast color analys ...

: (analyst, 2011–present) ESPNU College Baseball

College basketball

* Jay Bilas: (analyst, 2003–present)

Dick Vitale Richard "Dick" John Vitale (; born June 9, 1939), also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well known for his 41-year tenure as a college basketball broadc ...

: (analyst, 1985–present) ESPNU College Basketball *

Digger Phelps Richard Frederick "Digger" Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the n ...

: (analyst, 2000–present) ESPNU College Basketball *

Jalen Rose Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973) is an American sports analyst and former professional basketball player. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines, Wolverines' "Fab Five (University of Michigan), Fa ...

: (analyst, 2007–present) ESPNU College Basketball * Andy Katz: (analyst, 2005–present) ESPNU College Basketball *

Tim Legler Timothy Eugene Legler (born December 26, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently an ESPN basketball analyst and co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio. C ...

: (analyst, 2003–present) ESPNU College Basketball *

Jon Barry Jon Alan Barry (born July 25, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player and television analyst for American Broadcasting Company, ABC and ESPN. Barry is currently the lead analyst for NBA_on_ESPN_Radio, ESPN Radio's coverage of ...

: (analyst, 2003–present) ESPNU College Basketball * Mark Adams: (analyst, 2003–present) ESPNU College Basketball *

Tim Welsh Tim Welsh (born October 4, 1960) is an American college basketball coach and the former head basketball coach at Providence College. Previously, he served as the head coach at Iona College. He also served briefly as head men's basketball coac ...

: (analyst, 2003–present) ESPNU College Basketball *

Adrian Branch Adrian Francis Branch (born November 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'7" small forward out of DeMatha High School, Branch starred at the University of Maryland from 1981 to 1985. He was an All-ACC second tea ...

: (analyst, 2006–present) ESPNU College Basketball

Former

Colin Cowherd Colin Murray Cowherd (born January 6, 1964) is an American sports media personality. He began his broadcasting career as sports director of Las Vegas television station KVBC and as a sports anchor on several other stations before joining ESPN ...

: (host, 2008–2015) ESPNU Host *

Mike Gottfried Mike Gottfried (born December 17, 1944) is an American sportscaster and former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Murray State University (1978–1980), the University of Cincinnati (1981–1982), the Uni ...

: (analyst, 2005–) '' ESPNU Inside the Polls'' and

* Mike Hall: (host, 2005–2007) '' SportsCenterU'', '' ESPNU Recruiting Insider'', '' ESPNU Inside the Polls'' and '' ESPNU Coaches Spotlight'' *

Wayne Larrivee Wayne Larrivee is an American sportscaster. Larrivee is currently the radio play-by-play voice of the Green Bay Packers on the Packers Radio Network alongside color commentator Larry McCarren and calls college football and basketball for the ...

: (play-by-play, 2005) ''

'' *

Kelly Stouffer Kelly Wayne Stouffer (born July 6, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams. Stouffer was selected in the firs ...

: (analyst, 2005) ''ESPNU College Football Primetime'' * Howie Schwab: (reporter, 2005–2013) ESPNU Reporter * Randy Walker: (analyst, 2005) ''

References

External links

ESPNU official website

ESPNU program listings

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History

Carriage

Dish Network lawsuit

Coverage rights

List of programs broadcast by ESPNU

Current

Studio

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Former

Personalities

Current

Announcers, reporters and hosts

College hockey

College football

College baseball

College basketball

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See also

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