Stan Verrett’s time at ESPN is coming to a close.

Verrett’s contract will not be renewed by ESPN when it expires this year, Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel reported on Wednesday. Verrett plans to remain with the network until his deal runs out later this summer.

The longtime ESPN anchor confirmed the news via his X profile and teased some upcoming projects.

“My life is in Los Angeles is now. Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned,” Verrett wrote on X in response to the news being reported.

My life is in Los Angeles is now. Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned. https://t.co/qA4ZX4X4UJ — stan verrett (@stanverrett) May 21, 2025

The news of Verrett’s run at ESPN ending after 25 years comes amid the network’s decision to move production of all “SportsCenter” shows back to Bristol, Conn., which is where the network’s headquarters are located. Verrett had moved out to Los Angeles, Calif., along with co-host Neil Everett, to anchor the 10:00 p.m. PT “SportsCenter” from the network’s Los Angeles studios in 2009. Verrett made it clear in his X post that he wants to remain in Los Angeles.

In addition to hosting “SportsCenter,” Verrett has hosted ABC’s college football studio coverage.

On Monday, ESPN released a tribute video amid the final Los Angeles edition of “SportsCenter.”

ESPN is parting ways with ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Stan Verrett after 25 years with the network.

Verrett, 59, has been with ESPN since 2000 and became the network’s 1am ET ‘SportsCenter’ anchor in 2009 as he moved to the company’s Los Angeles studio.

However, with ESPN calling time on its LA ‘SportsCenter’ production, Verrett will be leaving the network this summer, according to Front Office Sports.

Verrett will reportedly anchor ‘SportsCenter’ in the next couple of months, but ESPN will not renew his contract, FOS said.

A statement from ESPN EVP and executive editor of sports news and entertainment Dave Roberts provided to FOS said: ‘We’re grateful for Stan’s many contributions and all he has brought to SportsCenter over the years. We thank him and wish him continued success.’

On Monday night (technically early Tuesday morning on the East coast), ‘SportsCenter’ held its final show from LA, with Verrett hosting alongside fellow ESPN veteran Linda Cohn.

ESPN veteran Stan Verrett will be let go by the network this summer after 25 years

Verrett signed on off on the LA edition of ‘SportsCenter’ alongside Linda Cohn (left) and Neil Everett (right)

From the West Coast to fans everywhere.

Tonight’s final LA edition of @SportsCenter closed with @stanverrett and @lindacohn — and a special visit from Neil Everett. pic.twitter.com/kbg86ZOS1j — ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) May 20, 2025

Their former colleague Neil Everett, who left the network in 2023, also made an appearance on the program.

ESPN announced in March that the LA edition of the show would be relocating to Bristol, Connecticut.

Reacting to the news of his ouster, Verrett wrote on X: ‘My life is in Los Angeles is now.

‘Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned.’

That message received tons of well-wishes and Verrett subsequently added: ‘I am overwhelmed by all of your comments. It’s really touching. Working in a studio doesn’t allow for interaction with viewers. But I’m flattered to know so many of you tuned in and enjoyed my work. That’s why I did it. Sincerely, thank you all.

‘Our business has changed greatly since I got in. It’s time that I changed along with it. Fortunately, there are some tremendous opportunities to do that, while remaining in my adopted hometown, Los Angeles, which I love.’

Verrett is the latest high-profile exit in recent years from ESPN, which has had to make some cost-cutting moves amid financial issues.

Star basketball reporter and analyst Zach Lowe was let go ahead of the NBA season last year, while Sam Ponder and Robert Griffin III were also laid off in August.

A longtime “SportsCenter” anchor is departing the Worldwide Leader.

Stan Verrett is leaving ESPN later this summer after 25 years with the network, according to a report from Front Office Sports.

ESPN is reportedly not planning to renew his contract.

“We’re grateful for Stan’s many contributions and all he has brought to SportsCenter over the years,” ESPN exec Dave Roberts told FOS in a statement. “We thank him and wish him continued success.”

Verrett took to social media on Wednesday after news broke of his departure.

ESPN anchor Stan Verrett during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between the Washington Huskies and the Alabama Crimson Tide on December 31, 2017. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

“My life is in Los Angeles is now,” Verrett wrote on X. “Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned.”

Verrett has worked for the company since 2000 and served as the 1 a.m. ET “SportsCenter” host since 2009.

He worked alongside longtime co-host Neil Everett in ESPN’s Los Angeles studio for roughly 14 years before the latter stepped away from the network in June 2023.

Stan Verrett attends the 21st Annual Emmys Golf Classic Tournament to benefit the Television Academy Foundation’s Education Programs held at Riviera Country Club on October 25, 2021 in Pacific Palisades, California. Getty Images

In March, ESPN announced it would be moving the Los Angeles edition of “SportsCenter” to its headquarters in Bristol, Conn.

On Monday night, Verrett and Linda Cohn co-hosted the last episode in LA and got a special guest appearance from Everett.

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A longtime SportsCenter anchor is hanging up his ESPN mic.

Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel broke the news that Stan Verrett’s time with the Worldwide Leader will conclude later this summer.

Per FOS, “There are plans for Verrett to anchor the news-and-highlights program in the coming months, and to appear at stops when SportsCenter does a promotion of ‘50 States in 50 Days’—an event that kicks off on June 27 to promote the company’s upcoming direct-to-consumer launch—but the network does not plan to renew his contract, sources said.”

Verrett took to social media shortly after the news broke to offer a confirmation, noting that he’s not retiring and is “really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities.”

My life is in Los Angeles is now. Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned. https://t.co/qA4ZX4X4UJ — stan verrett (@stanverrett) May 21, 2025

“We’re grateful for Stan’s many contributions and all he has brought to SportsCenter over the years,” said Dave Roberts, Executive Vice President, Executive Editor, Sports News and Entertainment in a statement. “We thank him and wish him continued success.”

Verrett joined ESPN as an anchor for ESPNEWS in 2000 and moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to co-host the 1 a.m. edition of SportsCenter with Neil Everett. The duo worked together until 2023, when Everett retired (“We are brothers for life,” said Verrett). He hosted the show with Linda Cohn until this week when it ended its LA-based run.

From the West Coast to fans everywhere. Tonight’s final LA edition of @SportsCenter closed with @stanverrett and @lindacohn — and a special visit from Neil Everett. pic.twitter.com/kbg86ZOS1j — ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) May 20, 2025

The New Orleans native and Howard University graduate worked as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at WDSU-TV in New Orleans before his break with ESPN.

“My agent sent a tape to ESPN, and I had been meeting with Al Jaffe, who had hired every anchor that came to ESPN,” Verrett told Awful Announcing in 2024. “I had been meeting with him every year at the NABJ Convention. He had been tracking my career. He saw my work in New Orleans. I got the interview at ESPN and got the job in 2000.”

In that interview, he also reflected on his proudest moment with ESPN.

“I did a town hall with President Obama in 2016 on race, sports, and culture,” he said. “I was told he was given a list of anchors to potentially host the show. He chose me. I was blown away by that. The show came off the way we envisioned it. President Obama was gracious and brilliant. I don’t know that I’ll ever do anything in my career that will top that because it was just so well done and it was such an honor to sit across from him. I got to know him a little bit from that experience and I’ve since run into him a couple of times playing golf. We both reflect fondly on that show. It was a real highlight of my career.”