McGillicuddy Picked To Become Big Ten Network President

Fox Sports tapped longtime sports media veteran Francois McGillicuddy to run Big Ten Network as President, a position that has been open for nearly a year. McGillicuddy replaces Mark Silverman, the well-respected exec who moved from Chicago to L.A. in January to become Fox Sports President of National Networks. He has been handling both responsibilities since then. McGillicuddy currently runs Cleveland-based RSNs FS Ohio and SportsTime Ohio as Senior VP & GM -- a job he has had since January ‘13. He will move to Chicago early next year when his new job officially starts.

McGillicuddy, like Silverman previously, will report to a BTN board made up, in part, of conference and network execs. McGillicuddy is a sports media veteran with decades of experience in regional and national networks. Before taking the job to run the Ohio RSNs six years ago, he held jobs with Speed, Rainbow Sports Networks and MSG.