Ty Schmit

Is Ty Schmit still on The Pat McAfee Show? Where is Ty Schmit today?

Yes, as of November 2026 Ty Schmit is still part of The Pat McAfee Show, as far as the public record shows, and neither he nor the show has announced a departure. The Pro Football Hall of Fame named him as a co-host for the show’s live broadcast from Canton on August 6, 2026. The University of Iowa’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences wrote on October 1, 2026 that he produces the show. In late October 2026, the week before Minnesota played Green Bay, vikings.com posted a game preview with “The Pat McAfee Show’s Ty Schmit.”

Why is Ty Schmit not on The Pat McAfee Show today? What happened to Ty Schmit in 2026?

Ty Schmit has not explained any 2026 absence from The Pat McAfee Show in anything we could source, and neither has the show or ESPN. What is public: we found no report in ESPN, Awful Announcing, Front Office Sports or another accepted outlet of him leaving the show or being taken off it in 2026, and the August and October 2026 listings in the answer above still place him on it. If he or the show says more, this entry will add it.

What happened with Ty Schmit and the Yoshinobu Yamamoto report?

Ty Schmit posted on X on the night of December 21, 2023 that pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto had signed with the New York Yankees, and the report was wrong. Awful Announcing reported that Yamamoto signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $325 million over 12 years, and that Schmit, a Yankees fan and not an MLB insider, explained on the next day’s show that he never meant to pose as a journalist or mislead anyone, adding that he had already tried to order a Yamamoto jersey. Pat McAfee did not call for any discipline; he told Schmit to “step back in that batter’s box the next time you get a source.” ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan answered with a Lou Holtz voice of his own.

Is Ty Schmit a Packers fan?

Yes, Ty Schmit is a Green Bay Packers fan in his own words. He told the University of Iowa in August 2023, “I am a die-hard Packers fan and obviously an Iowa fan.” In college he worked on the “Crew Hawk” that prepared Iowa’s athletic facilities on game days. In baseball, Awful Announcing identified him as a Yankees fan in December 2023.

Who is Fake Lou Holtz on The Pat McAfee Show?

Fake Lou Holtz is Ty Schmit, who plays the former Notre Dame coach in costume on The Pat McAfee Show; McAfee publicly thanked him in 2020 for bringing the character to life, per the University of Iowa. The bit made news in September 2023, when Schmit, in character, interviewed the real Lou Holtz before Notre Dame played Ohio State and Holtz questioned Ohio State’s toughness. After Ohio State won, coach Ryan Day said on September 24, 2023 that he would like to know where Lou Holtz was now. On October 20, 2023, live from Columbus, Fake Lou Holtz apologized to Day on air, and Day said he had found the fun around it “hilarious,” per Awful Announcing.

How did Ty Schmit join The Pat McAfee Show?

Ty Schmit joined Pat McAfee’s company as an intern in 2017, after McAfee asked for video applications on Twitter for his new media company in Indianapolis, per the University of Iowa. He had moved home after graduating and taken a sales job, which he quit when he was invited to interview. He was one of about 20 interns that summer and one of seven later hired full time; he wrote and blogged for the show before he was asked to become a producer. “I thought there was no way that I was going to get this opportunity,” he told the university.

Where is Ty Schmit from?

Ty Schmit is from Waterloo, Iowa, where he grew up with three brothers, per the University of Iowa. He earned a BA in cinema and communication studies there in 2014 and told the university that a creative writing class was “probably the best class I ever took.” The Pat McAfee Show is produced in Indianapolis.

How old is Ty Schmit?

Ty Schmit has not published a birthdate that we could source, so we do not list an age. What is public: he graduated from the University of Iowa in 2014, and we do not work an age out from that.

What is Ty Schmit’s real name? Is it Ty Schmidt?

Ty Schmit is the name he works under and the spelling the University of Iowa and the Pro Football Hall of Fame use: Schmit, with no d or second t. He has not published a longer legal name that we could find.

Where can I watch Ty Schmit?

Ty Schmit appears on The Pat McAfee Show, which airs live on ESPN on weekdays, with segments posted to the show’s YouTube channel. He posts on X as @tyschmit. He does not run a YouTube channel of his own that we could find.

What is Ty Schmit’s net worth?

Ty Schmit does not publish a number and neither do we.

What about Ty Schmit’s wife, kids or who he is dating?

Not something we cover.

Who represents Ty Schmit?

As of November 2026, no agent or manager is named publicly for Ty Schmit; his work runs through The Pat McAfee Show, which Disney licenses to air on ESPN, per Awful Announcing. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people keep asking whether he is still on the show, and the public record answers it. If that changes, this entry will say so.

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