Name: Tim Corrigan
Position: ESPN NBA Senior Coordinating Producer
Where I’m from: Charlottesville, Va.
Where I call home: West Hartford, Conn.
Focusing on right now: Christmas day has always been a huge NBA day, and when we got involved in the package we started turning it into a day when we would do up to five games. We come on at noon and we’re done sometime between 1:00 and 1:30 in the morning. This year, again, won't disappoint.
Best advice: Take your job serious, not yourself. We have a bunch of wide-ranging personalities on this project, especially in front of the camera. The one thing I love is exactly that. When it comes to the game they’re all about the game.
Must for a new hire: If you don’t have a passion for (basketball), it’s going to feel like work. It’s long, it’s grinding, but if you have a passion for this sport then it’s not grueling at all. To me it always comes back to passion.
Exec I admire: I’ve been around here for a while so I don’t want to not mention anybody who I would want to. The ones who I most admire, I can tell you some of the traits. No. 1 is conviction. Having complete commitment and conviction for what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, what you hope to benefit from that and how it relates.
Best book I’ve read: “When Pride Still Mattered,” the story of VINCE LOMBARDI. It talks about when he was coming up through the ranks -- all he wanted to be was the head coach at West Point
First thing in the morning: This time of year, I wake up, check the scores, see what might have happened that you weren’t aware of, and the convenience of it now is that you can watch all the highlights on your phone.
Talking tech: Access we have that other people don’t necessarily have is an internal system called Valacon which allows me to see anything that was on ESPN or any specific carrier. So I can right now from my desk go and see anything that’s happened on our network in the last seven years and access it. I might use it for one reason. Our sales group might use it for another reason. Our marketing group might use it for another reason. It’s so hard to watch everything all the time now, but you can always get access to anything. All I need is a date a time and a network.
Must-have music: A lot of late '70s, '80s, '90s. So in our NBA coverage you’ll hear a good mix of anything from current rap to EARTH, WIND & FIRE and everything in between.
Food for thought: We go to a lot of steak houses. It’s the easy way to do it. A lot of people like either steak or fish.
How I unwind: I’m from a big family. My wife is from a big family. My kids have tons of cousins. There’s always a ton of people around, and there’s nothing better than that. Just taking the time doing that is our number one priority. Family first without question.
Day in the life: The best thing about (working at ESPN) is the people. You get to engage with bright, motivated, talented people who care to do things, to raise the bar, to get things right and to look beyond today. Really just engaging with people that really want to find ways to inspire and do great things. That’s the best part of my day is that there’s just a great energy around here. You can feel it if you’ve been here.
