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- Mike McCarley is an American media executive and the president of golf for the NBC Sports Group after leading marketing for NBC's Olympics and Sunday Night Football franchises. He is a protégé of former NBC Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol and has had close connections to several sports icons, including the late Arnold Palmer and Jim McKay, as well as John Madden and golf superstars Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler. A Sports Business Journal profile said, "McCarley doesn't talk about ratings, ad sales or the new shows he's overseen. Rather, he talks about Arnold Palmer. The relationship McCarley has forged with Palmer is indicative of how the network executive operates in the business." McIlroy told the Australian Financial Review upon launching the GolfPass direct-to-consumer service with McCarley and NBC, "I want to work with good people, with people who have similar values to what I have." McCarley's leadership style is collaborative and he has been recognized for creating a positive culture inside the company. “What really drives the bus at the Golf Channel is the creation of a healthy, positive working environment," said McCarley. “Most people who work here would be able to tell you why the things that they do every day matter, and why they help the company succeed. You feel like you’re part of a team. And when the team wins, you win." McCarley was named to the elite Sports Business Journal "40 under 40" Hall of Fame in 2013 after selections in 2009, and 2010. In 2012, following his first year as president of Golf Channel and the first of several years when the channel was the fastest growing network on American television, he was named Sports Network Executive of the Year by Cynopsis Sports. McCarley is regularly listed as one of the most powerful people in golf. Multichannel News named him one of the "Forty Under 40" in 2013 and CableFAX has named him one of its Top 100 power players for cable programming since 2012. (en)
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