Tom Rinaldi

Rinaldi interviews LSU head coach Ed Orgeron immediately after the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship. Tom Rinaldi is an American reporter for Fox Sports. He previously contributed to ESPN's tennis coverage at Wimbledon and the US Open, ESPN's golf coverage, SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, College GameDay and Sunday NFL Countdown. He also did features for the horse racing telecasts.

Professional career

Rinaldi joined ESPN in May 2003 following a four-year stint as a reporter for CNN/SI from 1998 to 2002. He worked as a reporter for KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon from 1996 to 1998 and for WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana from 1993 to 1996. In December 2020, it was announced that he had left ESPN to sign with Fox Sports, where he is expected to cover major sporting events, including the Super Bowl, World Series, World Cup and major college football games.

A first-generation college student, Rinaldi originally attended Fordham University, before transferring to University of Pennsylvania, where he was on the parliamentary debate team and earned an undergraduate degree in English. He received his graduate degree at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in nearby Tenafly, with his wife, Dianne, their son, Jack, and daughter, Tessa.