NBC Sports broadcaster and alum Mike Tirico will be the commencement speaker at Syracuse University’s 2026 graduation ceremony on May 10, according to a Thursday campus-wide email.⁠ ⁠ Tiricio, who graduated in 1988, has worked as a broadcaster for NBC Sports’ coverage of the NFL and the Olympics. The 59-year-old was also a member of SU’s Chancellor Search Committee that chose Mike Haynie as Syracuse University’s 13th chancellor, and the committee that hired Bryan Blair as director of athletics.⁠ ⁠ “It is an incredible honor to be asked to address the Class of 2026 and welcome them to our proud family of Orange alums,” Tirico said in the release.⁠ ⁠ Photograph by @eli.schwartz.photo.