Mike Golic is one of ex football players. His position was defensive tackle. He is mostly known as host for Radio Station and TV ESPN.
Early years
Mike was born as Michael Louis Golic in Willowick, Ohio, on December 12, 1962. He is very thankful for nice childhood with his two brothers Bob and Greg. All this three brothers was interested in sport and they got their talent from his father Lou, who was also football player. They all followed steps of their father.
Mike attended St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1985, Mike got his degree in finance and management at the University of Notre Dame. He was a great wrestler, but soon he joined to football team. In his generation he was one of the players with great talent, so he also was captain of the team.
Career Development
Mike was drafted by scaut of Houston Oilers in 1985 NFL Draft. For this team he played as defensive tackle for many seasons. For five years he played for Philadelphia Eagles, but in that time he decided to develop his career in other direction.
He got offer to start career on TV, so he decided to take it. His start on this field he started with weekly reports on the Randall Cunningaham Show.
In 1988, Mike Golic and Mike Greensberg became hosts of TV and radio show Mike & Mike, featured on ESPN2 channel and ESPN Radio.
This show became very popular, mostly for wager which they had in their show. Mike and Mike was against each other in the show with bet that one who lose most to do something embarrassing in live. Once Mike Golic had to do eyebrow wax because he lost the bet.
Show Mike & Mike was cancelled when Mike Greensberg was replaced with Trey Wingo. From than show was named Golic and Wingo.
From 1995 Mike was reporter and analyst of Sunday NFL Countdown series on ESPN channels.
For some period Mike worked for Arena Football League as commentator. This job was really interesting for him.
In 1998 he worked for ESPN and ABC as college football analyst.
In 2008 he was added as one of the greatest players in the game for Xbox and Playstation. This was interesting for Mike because he is not type who often play games.
He also have some acting experience. He appeared on series Tilt and Guiding Light.
In 2015, Mike was awarded with induction in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in category of Outstanding American.
Mike was also host of the show The Lighter Side of Sports.
Personal life
Mike’s older brother Bob was also in football team while he attended the University of Notre Dame. Bob is host on WOIO-TV and WNIR-FM. Mike’s brothers Greg and Bob appeared a few times in show Mike & Mike. His father appeared in the show only one time.
Mike stated for a few times that he is fan of Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers.
He is married to Christine and they live in Avon, Connecticut. They are in happy marriage.
This couple have three kids and their names are Mike Junior, Jake and Sydney. They all attended the University of Notre Dame. Also, they all are great at sport. Mike and Jake are playing football, and Sydney was swimmer while she attended school.
Biography
Full name: Michael Louis Golic
Nick name: Mike
Date of birth: December 12, 1962
Birth-sign: Sagittarius
Birth place: Willowick, Ohio
Residence: Avon, Connecticut
Age: 55
Occupation: radio sportscaster, TV host, NFL football player
Education: University of Notre Dame
Personal Life and Family
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: White
Father name: Lou Golic
Mother name: Catherine Golic
Brothers names: Greg and Bob
Marital status: Married
Wife’s name: Christine Golic
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Children: 3 (Mike Junior, Jake and Sydney)
Personal Look and Measurements
Height: 6 ft 5 in (195 cm)
Weight: 264.6 lbs (120 kg)
Body measurements: Unknown
Chest size: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Waist size: Unknown
Hip size: Unknown
Body: Average
Net Worth and Salary
Net worth: $9 million
Salary: $2 million
Social networks
Mike have profiles on Instagram and Twitter.
His Instagram profile have 41.5K followers. Link of this profile is: https://www.instagram.com/espngolic/?hl=en.
Mike’s profile on Twitter have 719K followers. Link is: https://twitter.com/espngolic.
Interesting Facts about Mike Golic
Mike started with healthier life when he got diagnose of type 2-diabetes. His wife was always by his side and she made him to feed healthier, lose his weight and to work out.
His whole family have talent for sport.
He is in happy marriage and there are no rumors about him on this field.
Quick Summary
Mike was born as Michael Louis Golic in Willowick in Ohio, on December 12, 1962. He and his two brothers Bob and Greg was raised by father Lou and mother Catherine. Lou was football player, so his sons got his talent for sport and they followed his steps.
Mike attended St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1985 he got degree in management and finance at the University of Notre Dame. As most one of the talented football player he became captain of the team. He was also a great wrestler.
In 1985 Mike started to play for Houston Oilers as defensive tackle many seasons. After that he played for Philadelphia Eagles. At that time he decided to start his career on TV and he take and offer to do weekly reports for Randall Cunningham Show.
In 1988 Mike and Mike Greensberg started their show Mike & Mike, featured on the channel ESPN2 and ESPN Radio. This show was very popular at that time, but it was canceled when Mike Greensberg was replaced with Trey Wingo. From than show is called Mike and Wingo.
In 1995 he was reporter and analyst on Sunday NFL Countdown for ESPN. He also worked for Arena Football League as a commentator.
He also had appearances in some series, such as Tilt, Guiding Light.
He was honored with including in Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Mike is married with Christine and they have 3 children: Jake, Mike Junior and Sydney. They all have father’s talent for sport.