New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - Hall of Fame commentator and coach John Madden will serve as a special advisor to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the league announced on Thursday.

Madden, who retired from broadcasting this past April, will serve in an unpaid position as chair of the coaches group in the competition committee and be part of a weekly call with Goodell or another NFL official to discuss issues from the previous week's games.

Prior to retiring from the broadcast booth, Madden had most recently served as the game analyst for NBC's Sunday Night Football broadcasts from 2006 till his retirement.

He started his broadcasting career with CBS before moving to FOX in 1994. He remained the lead analyst there until 2002, when he moved to ABC to provide analysis for Monday Night Football. He is the only person to serve as an analyst for all four major networks (CBS, FOX, ABC, NBC).

He has won a record 16 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Analyst/Personality and has the most successful series of athletic video games to date.

Prior to his career as an analyst, Madden compiled a 103-32-7 as a head coach with the Raiders for 10 seasons, winning Super Bowl XI in 1976. His winning percentage of .750 is the best of all-time. He retired from the coaching ranks after the 1978 season, joining the broadcast booth immediately after.