Taylor Tannebaum has been named the new host of ACC Huddle on the ACC Network and will make her debut live from the 2024 ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, N.C. The network will bring consumers a record 48 hours of coverage of the annual football media days on linear and digital platforms of the ACC Network. Kelsey Riggs, who was named the host of ACC Huddle last season, will be moving into an expanded new role on other studio programming at ESPN.
Tannebaum, an alumna of Florida State University, joined ACC Network in August 2022 after she had worked at WTHR in Indianapolis for four years as the station’s first female sports anchor. Throughout her career with the ACC Network, she has co-hosted the weekday afternoon show, ACC PM, alongside Mark Packer and has also been a sideline reporter for ACC Primetime Football games. Tannebaum will be on site at the kickoff event where she will engage in her hosting duties on ACC Huddle: Season Preview, an hour-long special airing at 8 p.m. EST on ESPN2.
“It’s an opportunity of a lifetime to move into the ACC Huddle host seat alongside some of the best analysts in all of college football,” Tannebaum said in a statement. “The ACC will be as competitive as ever this season and I’m so excited to help highlight the conference’s greatness for fans this fall.”
The ACC Football Kickoff event will include interviews with head coaches, student-athletes and insiders from around the Atlantic Coast Conference, utilizing several sets within The Hilton Charlotte Uptown. Programming will begin at 12 p.m. EST on Monday, July 22 and at 9 a.m. EST on the ensuing three days. In addition to Tannebaum, ACC Network broadcasters that will be at the event include Eric Mac Lain, EJ Manuel, Wes Durham, Mark Packer, Justin Walters, Mark Richt and Eddie Royal. ESPN’s website will also have coverage from Charlotte with Pete Thamel, Andrea Adelson and David Hale conveying and synthesizing storylines from all 17 teams in the expanded conference that now features Cal, SMU and Stanford.
