Lee Corso has one more mascot head to wear.
ESPN announced that the legendary college football analyst will be retiring after 38 seasons following his appearance on the Week 1 episode of “College Gameday” next season.
Corso, who will turn 90 in August, has long been a beloved staple of the network’s college football coverage thanks to energy and unpredictability.
“My family and I will be forever indebted for the opportunity to be part of ESPN and ‘College GameDay’ for nearly 40 years,” Corso said in a statement released by ESPN.
“I have a treasure of many friends, fond memories and some unusual experiences to take with me into retirement.”
Corso was alongside Chris Fowler and Craig James when ESPN first took their pregame show on the road in 1993.
He worked alongside a number of hosts and analysts through the years as his “Not so fast, my friends” catchphrase became part of every college football fan’s vocabulary.
“Coach Corso has had an iconic run in broadcasting, and we’re all lucky to have been around to witness it. He has taught me so much throughout our time together, and he’s been like a second father to me,” Kirk Herbstreit, who has worked with Corso since 1996, said in a statement.
“It has been my absolute honor to have the best seat in the house to watch Coach put on that mascot head each week.”
Before joining ESPN, Corso was a star defensive back at Florida State in the 1950s — nicknamed “Sunshine Scooter — and then a head coach at Louisville, Indiana and Northern Illinois.
He has also spent years as an executive for Dixon Ticonderoga, the Florida company behind the No. 2 pencil that Corso is always seen with on camera.
ESPN has yet to decide which game the network will broadcast its pregame show from on Aug. 30, though there are several intriguing options with LSU-Clemson, Texas-Ohio State and Alabama-Florida State among the top matchups.
The network said additional programming to celebrate Corso is also planned.
Corso’s career has lasted through a health scare in 2009, when he suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak for a while.
He returned to “College GameDay” later that year.
Though he hasn’t joined his colleagues as much on the road in recent years, Corso was at the site of last year’s national title game between Ohio State and Notre Dame in Atlanta.