{"id":1026033,"date":"2026-08-26T21:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026033\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:07:19","slug":"lead-college-gameday-producer-jim-gaiero-taken-off-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026033\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead &#8216;College GameDay&#8217; producer Jim Gaiero taken off the show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the lead producers of ESPN\u2019s flagship college football program, College GameDay, has been taken off the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/bio\/gaiero_jim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Gaiero<\/a>, a veteran ESPN producer who has served as a lead producer on College GameDay for 10 years, will no longer produce the show, multiple sources confirm to Awful Announcing. Many involved with GameDay were informed of the news earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Garrett, a vice president of production at ESPN, is expected to take over as executive producer of\u00a0GameDay.<\/p>\n<p>Gaiero\u2019s role at ESPN is expected to shift to help deepen the network\u2019s college football event producer bench. He\u2019s also expected to take a significant role on ESPN\u2019s production prep for the network\u2019s Super Bowl in February, where he\u2019ll contribute to pregame studio programming.<\/p>\n<p>Gaiero has been with ESPN for over 30 years, joining the network in 1995. In addition to his\u00a0GameDay role, Gaiero produces college football and basketball games for ESPN, along with NBA Draft and PGA Championship coverage. Previously, Gaiero was a lead producer on ESPN\u2019s NASCAR coverage until the network lost rights to the motorsport in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his added Super Bowl responsibilities, Gaiero is expected to play an important role in ESPN\u2019s golf strategy around the Masters and PGA Championship, where he\u2019ll work hand-in-hand with executive vice president Mike McQuade in 2027 before assuming full production responsibilities in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>GameDay has undergone shifting in its production ranks in recent years. Three years ago, ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/lee-fitting-layoffs.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cut ties with longtime production executive Lee Fitting<\/a>, who oversaw\u00a0College GameDay as well as\u00a0Monday Night Football. Fitting was replaced by Amanda Gifford, who now oversees ESPN\u2019s college football production.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes at a time of change on-air for\u00a0GameDay as well. Last year marked the first season without legendary panelist Lee Corso, who retired after Week 1 of the season. Meanwhile, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban have settled in to starring roles on the show alongside host Rece Davis and analysts Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit.<\/p>\n<p>College GameDay will hold its first show of the season on Sept. 5 live from Baton Rouge for Clemson-LSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the lead producers of ESPN\u2019s flagship college football program, College GameDay, has been taken off the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1026034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[43],"tags":[188348,22239,1318,410440,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1026033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-cfb-on-espn","tag-college-gameday","tag-football","tag-jim-gaiero","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117163854870001887","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}