Over the past 5 years some of the dynamic sports activities anchors within the trade has been Maria Taylor from NBC Sports activities. Her profession was already hovering throughout her time at ESPN and her transfer to NBC ended a bidding struggle between the networks. However earlier than the celebrity Taylor was as soon as a sideline reporter within the SIAC. Former SIAC commissioner Greg Moore tells HBCU Gameday that he employed Taylor as a sideline reporter for SIAC broadcasts in 2012.
She labored on broadcasts for Fort Valley vs Benedict, Morehouse vs Clark Atlanta and Stillman vs Clark Atlanta based on Moore. Whereas she’s now raking in thousands and thousands working occasions just like the Olympic video games and Soccer Evening in America, it was simply a few hundred {dollars} as a rookie.
“Throughout the interview, I bear in mind asking her who did she need to emulate by way of profession aspirations? Her response, Oprah. I believed to myself, nicely there you’ve gotten it,” Moore stated.
Moore doesn’t attempt to take any credit score for “discovering” Taylor, he believes anybody able to rent her would have seen the potential straight away.
“She had a bodily presence (she’s 6’2″ tall) and an mental presence. She was the whole bundle. Anybody might have seen that,” stated Moore.
Taylor labored HBCU broadcasts for a season however she didn’t attend one. She performed volleyball and basketball on the College of Georgia from 2005-2009. After faculty she labored as a reporter and host for IMG School protecting her alma mater for 3 years. After her stint with the SIAC in 2012 she moved on to ESPN the next 12 months. The remaining was historical past because the world was launched to Maria Taylor.
She continued working the sidelines for school soccer together with her work on the SEC Community starting in 2014. In 2017 her publicity elevated when she joined School Gameday as a reporter and host. Her last job at ESPN earlier than leaving for NBC was internet hosting NBA Countdown. She left ESPN the day after the 2021 NBA Finals.
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