Lee Corso's second job as Dixon Ticonderoga director of business development revealed

Throughout his unique 88-year-old life, Lee Corso has worn many different hats, or mascot heads, including current roles as an enigmatic television character and, apparently, the business head of a pretty prominent pencil company.

GQ Sports’ Alex Kirshner presented college football fans with a tremendous Christmas gift recently when they issued a feature story on College GameDay’s two most crucial members, Corso and Kirk Herbstreit, and the long-lasting relationship the two have built.

The piece is quite moving, detailing how a young upstart Herbstreit found the best possible mentor in Corso; while nowadays, the relationship has come full circle, since Herbstreit is the guardian angel for Corso on-set, keeping his elder friend from wondering too far off topic while also helping him make his points during the broadcast. Herbstreit even says Lee Corso has developed into a sort of second father figure to him, providing certain emotional support that Herbstreit says his own father had a harder time with.

However, if you don’t read the entire story, you might miss one seemingly random paragraph mixed in there. About midway through the article, it notes that Lee Corso actually holds a second job.

“GameDay is not Corso’s only job: He is also director of business development for the pencil company Dixon Ticonderoga,” writes GQ. “It is not a merely ceremonial role—Corso keeps an office with the literal pencil pushers.”

What in the world? Lee Corso, the guy screaming his head off each Saturday while wearing a mascot head, also helps run the company who produces No. 2 pencils? Such a fact may seem hard to believe, but Corso’s own profile on the ESPN Press Room website also notes his role with Dixon Ticonderoga:

“Corso is director of business development for Dixon Ticonderoga, Heathrow, Fla., an international diversified manufacturer and marketer of writing and arts products.”

That office is located in the Orlando area and is just on the other side of I-4 from Lake Mary, where Corso has a house. So it appears the trip into the Dixon Ticonderoga office doesn’t require the same travel as his other gig.

But don’t go thinking that this is Corso’ true job, because he knows he’s an entertainer, above all else.

“Sweetheart, sweetheart, remember: We’re in the entertainment business, and football is our vehicle,” said Corso, per the GQ article. He also showed up on Saturday’s edition of GameDay with a No. 2 pencil in hand.