Jenn Brown | |
---|---|
Brown in 2009
|
|
Born |
Jennifer Lynne Brown March 23, 1981 Gainesville, Florida, United States |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Education | University of Florida |
Occupation | Sports broadcaster, television host |
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Spouse(s) | Wes Chatham (m. 2012) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Jennifer Lynne "Jenn" Brown (born March 23, 1981) is an Emmy Award Winning American sports broadcaster and television host. A former Division I Collegiate Athlete for the University of Florida, she is often on the sidelines of the biggest college football and baseball games for ESPN. She was the first female correspondent for Inside the NFL and can be regularly seen covering both boxing and MMA. She spent eight years as a reporter and host for ESPN and recently sidelined the show American Ninja Warrior.
Brown spent two years working for the NFL Network as a studio host and reporter. Prior to working with NFL Network, Brown spent 8 years as a reporter and host for ESPN. She spent 3 years reporting from the college football sidelines on ESPN’s Thursday Night Primetime Game along with ABC and ESPN’s Saturday Noon Package. She also served as a reporter for College GameDay (football), the College World Series, Little League World Series, Summer and Winter X Games, the NFL Draft, National Signing Day and the ESPYs. She was a Los Angeles-based Bureau reporter for ESPN contributing interviews and reports for ESPN’s news-gathering operation for SportsCenter, College GameDay and College Football Live. She co-hosted ESPNU's popular college football show RoadTrip with Jonathan Drubner which covered the biggest college football and basketball rivalry games throughout the year.
Brown was born in Gainesville, Florida, and raised in Orlando, Florida. Her parents were Olympic gymnastics coaches, and her mother founded several gymnastics schools across the country that trained gymnasts to compete in the Olympics.
Brown grew up with a passion for sports. She played seven sports at Bishop Moore High School and broke the record for the most varsity letters by a male or female athlete with 14. Brown captained and played five sports in one year (diving, volleyball, basketball, softball and track). She was also chosen as one of the top 10 athletes in Central Florida in 1999.