Steve Karasik, has been promoted to Coordinating Producer, CBS Sports, the announcement was made today by Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports and Harold Bryant, Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

Karasik will be responsible for overseeing content and quality control for all sports production elements involving THE NFL ON CBS, the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, college football, PGA TOUR golf, including the Masters® and PGA Championship, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, as well as all ancillary programming, including CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR and Showtime's INSIDE THE NFL. He will report directly to Bryant.

 "Steve is an extremely talented and creative producer, with a great understanding of the sports television business," said Bryant. "His production knowledge and experience working on both our remote broadcasts and studio shows will make him a tremendous asset to our management team."

A three-time Emmy Award-winner, Karasik joined CBS Sports in 1995 as a broadcast associate. He was promoted to Associate Director in 1998 and then Producer in 2006.  Karasik has served as producer for CBS Sports' coverage of THE NFL ON CBS and the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. In addition, he also produced CBS College Sports Network's college football broadcasts in 2007.

He was the senior associate director for CBS Sports' coverage of Super Bowl XXXVIII and XLI and served as associate director for THE NFL ON CBS from 1999-2006. In 2004 and 2007, he produced and directed the Phil Simms "All Iron Team." Karasik assumed a full-time role as associate director for CBS Golf coverage, including the Masters® and PGA Championship, in 1999.  During his tenure at CBS Sports, Karasik also has covered the Daytona 500, U.S. Open Tennis Championships and the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan

Karasik graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Communications and Psychology.  Born November 16, 1973, in Brooklyn, NY, Karasik lives in New York City with his wife Ilyssa.