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Freddie Coleman, longtime ESPN Radio host, will broadcast his 3-7 p.m. national show from the Reilly Center Wednesday, just before the unbeaten Bonnies (4-0) men’s basketball team take on Mansfield University.
Coleman, a 1987 graduate of Mansfield, was invited to provide TV color commentary for the game, which will air at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. Coleman, who co-hosts “Freddie & Harry” with former NFL receiver Harry Douglas, will broadcast his show from outside the Larry Ford Ticket Office in the Reilly Center.
The idea for Coleman to call the game and broadcast his show from campus came from Justin Craig, an SBU alumnus and vice president for Audio & Digital Production at ESPN.
Coleman will interview Adrian Wojnarowski, ’91, and SBU Athletics Director Bob Beretta during his radio show. Wojnarowski stepped down from his job as ESPN’s Senior NBA Insider this summer to become the general manager of the men’s basketball program at Bonaventure.
Prior to his current role at ESPN, Coleman co-hosted “Freddie and Fitzsimmons” alongside Ian Fitzsimmons from 2016-2023. He also hosted the “Freddie Coleman Show,” weeknights from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Sundays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Coleman joined ESPN Radio in 2004 as a co-host for nine years of the nightly primetime program “GameNight.” He has also hosted NFL on ESPN Radio and makes appearances on ESPN’s “First Take.”
A wide receiver at Mansfield, Coleman was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the university.
