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Scott Van Pelt

ESPN Sportscaster and Host 

Veteran Sportscaster & Storyteller 

Scott Van Pelt hosts Monday Night Countdown and the midnight edition of SportsCenter. These venues showcase his passion for sports, his self-deprecating wit, and his celebration of athletes and their storylines. 

Van Pelt also serves as the main host of ESPN’s professional golf coverage, including the Masters and the PGA Championship. Van Pelt also hosts SportsCenter’s reporting and special features from the events. 

  • Van Pelt joined ESPN in early 2001 as the network’s lead professional golf reporter. Shortly after, he became a SportsCenter anchor and later a co-host on ESPN Radio’s Tirico and Van Pelt, which aired on weekday afternoons. 

    In July 2009, The Scott Van Pelt Show debuted on ESPN Radio, with a simulcast on ESPN2. The show was re-named SVP & Russillo in October 2012. It ended in the summer of 2015, when Van Pelt was preparing for the launch of the new midnight SportsCenter. Van Pelt also contributed to ESPN’s College GameDay for several years with his “Bald Man on Campus” feature. 

    Van Pelt came to ESPN from the Golf Channel, where he was an anchor and reporter for the network from 1994 to 2000. During his time there, he co-hosted the studio programs Golf Central and Leaderboard Report and occasionally hosted Viewer’s Forum. 

    Van Pelt began his sports broadcasting career in 1990 at WTTG-TV (FOX) in Washington, D.C. He worked in the sports studio production department, contributing content for the station’s The 10:00 News, Sunday Night’s Sports Extra and specials on Washington, D.C.’s NFL team. 

    A native of Brookeville, Maryland, Van Pelt graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in radio/television and film. He is proud of his Maryland Terrapins sports teams and, when his schedule permits, often attends games as a spectator.