Alyssa Lang is a host, anchor and reporter for ESPN, making her debut as a studio wraps anchor on ESPN and ESPN2 for the 2026-27 college football season. She currently serves as a sideline reporter for the NBA on ABC and ESPN, SEC basketball on ESPN, NCAA Women’s College World Series on ESPN and ABC, and led ESPN studio coverage from the Men’s College World Series. In 2024, Lang anchored SportsCenter for the first time in her career, joining the desk in both Bristol and Los Angeles. She has filled in on the SportsCenter desks several times since her debut.
She joined ESPN in the summer of 2018 as a reporter and anchor for SEC Network. Lang has served as a sideline reporter for SEC Network college football, basketball, baseball and softball. During her time with SEC Network, she co-hosted Out of Pocket (2020-24) and is one of the hosts of SEC Now, rotating anchor desk duties with Peter Burns and Dari Nowkhah.
Before joining ESPN and SEC Network, Lang spent two seasons as a sports anchor and reporter at First Coast News in Jacksonville. Prior to her time in the Sunshine State, she worked at WLTX in Columbia, S.C., where she covered South Carolina, Clemson, the Carolina Panthers and more. She also held roles at SPEEDTV, GamecockCentral.com and WCNC in Charlotte.
Lang graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2015.