ESPN on-air personality Marty Smith has signed what he called a long-term contract with the network as he celebrates 20 years with the Worldwide Leader this fall.
Smith will continue covering college football for “College GameDay,” as well as co-hosting “Marty & McGee” with Ryan McGee. He’ll be on site at the Masters next week and will continue contributing to the network’s PGA Championship coverage, NFL Draft and Kentucky Derby.
Additionally, Smith has been TGL’s sideline reporter for the past two years and said he’s a proponent of ESPN renewing with the league, should the network have an appetite for it. “If you work at our place, you got to be damn good,” Smith said. “And I’m just grateful that they believe enough in me to continue on with this.”
Though his plate is already full, Smith said he’s open to taking on more. “I’m invigorated by being challenged to acclimate to something and study well enough and learn the personalities well enough to try to offer that storytelling to the world,” he said.
For next week’s Masters, Smith has a pair of notable pieces running on ESPN platforms. He recently visited Rory McIlroy’s hometown in Northern Ireland for an extensive piece that will be featured on “SportsCenter” on Easter Sunday, also writing a companion piece for ESPN.com about his trip overseas. Additionally, Smith has a piece for next week on Tommy Fleetwood, who went 163 starts on the PGA Tour without winning before capturing last year’s Tour Championship and FedExCup title.
Smith is repped by Matt Kramer at CAA.
