Meet our Foundation Board
Norby Williamson ’85
During his more than three decades of work at ESPN, Norby Williamson has been involved in multiple aspects of the content and business areas of the company — with stints in programming, production and news. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southern and is committed to furthering the university’s mission and supporting student’s achievements. In his current role as executive vice president, event and studio production, and executive editor, Williamson is responsible for co-managing ESPN’s global event and studio production group and overseeing parts of a portfolio that encompasses ESPN’s global event, studio and digital sport-specific content.
Williamson’s responsibilities include oversight of all of ESPN’s Daily opinion, talk and news, and information studio shows, including SportsCenter, Get Up!, First Take, Outside the Lines and more. He also leads ESPN audio, the talent office, the stats and information group and multimedia-sponsorship integration. In addition, he oversees ESPN’s baseball, combat sports, tennis, hockey, boxing and golf coverage — as well as gambling, fantasy, esports and all live-event coverage on ESPN +. Williamson’s production work on select ESPN studio programs received a total of five awards, including sports Emmy awards for Sportscenter (1990) and NFL GameDay (1988) and three CableACE awards for SportsCenter (1990, 1991) and NFL GameDay (1989). He sits on the SCSU Foundation’s governance and development committees.
