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Lee Corso Moved to Tears While Watching Throwback Navy Coaching Footage

Most of us know Lee Corso as the eccentric star of ESPN's College GameDay.

But before he donned mascot heads and riled up crowds, Corso was a coach—a good one, too.

With GameDay focused on Saturday's showdown between Navy and Army, ESPN dug up some vintage 47-year-old footage of Corso during his days as an assistant for the Midshipmen. He said he had never seen any of it.

It was so touching for the 80-year-old that he teared up. The rest of the crew was pretty much speechless. The crowd erupted into a "Corso!