Background
McHugh grew up in Williston Park on Long Island and played basketball and soccer at Herricks high school. His father, Frank McHugh, was a track coach at a different high school.
McHugh grew up in Williston Park on Long Island and played basketball and soccer at Herricks high school. His father, Frank McHugh, was a track coach at a different high school.
McHugh graduated from the University at Buffalo and received his master"s degree from Syracuse University.
He is a studio host for National Broadcasting Company Sports coverage of the National Hockey League as well as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coverage for the network. He is also perhaps the face of the newly created National Broadcasting Company Sports Network, anchoring much of its staple programming, including the National Hockey League, Tour De France and college football/basketball. Prior to joining National Broadcasting Company, he worked at Newsday (1999-2001), WTHI in Terre Haute, Indiana (2004-2007), KOKH in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007-2009), and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network The Magazine (2001-2007).
On April 5, 2010, The Daily Lincolnshire debuted with McHugh as host.
The show consisted of a four-person panel (host McHugh, handicapper Rob DeAngelis, comedian Reese Waters, and Jenn Sterger) which discussed, often with heavy satire, sports-related topics that were popular that day and aired on Versus. However, the show was canceled due to low viewership on November 4, 2010.
McHugh would be retained by the network to originally work on National Hockey League coverage, mostly on National Hockey League Overtime and Hockey Central. In 2011, McHugh began the year as the host of National Hockey League Live, the network"s pre and post game show that airs before and after each National Hockey League telecast.
He also contributed to National Broadcasting Company"s coverage, hosting Games 1 and 2.
In the summer of 2011, McHugh stepped into the role of host for National Broadcasting Company"s live daily coverage of the Tour de France. In the fall, he contributed to the National Broadcasting Company Sports Network"s college football coverage as the host of the newly created College Football Talk, a weekly wrap up show. Additionally, he served each week as the host for the network"s studio show before and after game coverage.
2012 saw McHugh return to the National Broadcasting Company and National Broadcasting Company Sports Network coverage of the National Hockey League as lead studio host.
He hosted National Hockey League Live several times weekly and the National Hockey League on National Broadcasting Company intermission report weekly. He finished off the 2011-2012 National Hockey League season in his biggest role to date, hosting every game of the 2012 Finals.
He served as a reporter for National Broadcasting Company"s Super Bowl XLVI pre-game coverage. McHugh expanded his portfolio even farther as he was be a part of National Broadcasting Company Sports"s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
McHugh hosted the afternoon action on National Broadcasting Company Sports Network daily throughout the games.
In the fall, he continued to host National Broadcasting Company"s college football studio show alongside Doug Flutie and newcomer Hines Ward. In November 2012, McHugh hosted National Broadcasting Company Sports Network’s Carrier Classic Countdown, live from the deck of the United States Ship Bataan, as well as pre-game, halftime and post-game coverage. He made his Winter Olympic debut as a hockey host at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi for National Broadcasting Company.