Trey Wingo | |
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Wingo on NFL Live in 2010
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Born |
Hal Chapman Wingo III October 19, 1963 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education |
Baylor University, '85 B.A. Communications |
Title | NFL studio host, SportsCenter anchor |
Spouse(s) | Janice Parmelee |
Hal Chapman Wingo III (/ˈwɪŋɡoʊ/; born September 19, 1963), known as Trey Wingo, is a co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter, as well as co-host of NFL Live. He has also served as the host of the Women's NCAA basketball tournament.
Wingo is the son of Hal C. Wingo, Jr., founding editor of People magazine. He grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended Baylor University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He graduated from Baylor in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
Wingo began his career at NBC's "News at Sunrise" in New York, NY. He previously worked at WMGC-TV from 1988-1990 as a sports director, WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania for a year, worked at WICZ-TV in Binghamton, and KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Missouri from 1991-1997.-
He is the current host of NFL Primetime along Merril Hoge which airs after Monday Night Football, and NFL Live. Wingo was the play-by-play man for the AFL on ESPN with Mark Schlereth. He also hosts ESPN's Who's No. 1?, and one of his favorite quotes is late Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green saying about the Chicago Bears, after they blew an upset chance, "They are who we thought they were!"