Sean McManus has had little time to reflect on his nearly 27 1/2-year tenure leading CBS Sports. Over the past month, there has been the men's NCAA Tournament and this weekend's coverage of the Masters.
CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus poses for a photo before a Final Four college basketball game in the men’s NCAA Tournament, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. McManus is retiring after The Masters golf tournament. Sean McManus has had little time to reflect on his nearly 27 1/2-year tenure leading CBS Sports. Over the past month, there has been the men’s NCAA Tournament and this weekend’s coverage of the Masters.
McManus’ career started at a young age when he got a front-row seat to sports production by going to events with his father, the late Jim McKay, who hosted ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” and covered 12 Olympics. He was president of CBS News and CBS Sports from 2005-11 before being named CBS Sports chairman in February 2011.
“Now I see the business as 10 times more difficult, and Sean has navigated a much more complex business environment certainly as well or better than I could have done,” he said. “For someone who just got there, they really trusted him. The real skill was Sean getting the leaders at CBS motivated to do the deal,” he said.
Roger Goodell, an integral part of the NFL’s negotiating team on television agreements even before becoming commissioner in 2006, said McManus has long been a trusted counsel on broadcasting matters, even when it didn’t directly affect CBS.
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