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From 3rd Grade Teacher to Cowherd & McAfee: How Amanda Gifford rose to lead ESPN’s college football coverage
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One of the largest productions jobs in all of media is overseeing ESPN’s college football coverage. From “College GameDay” to more than 1,000 games, ESPN Sr. Vice President Amanda Gifford leads the network’s presentations.
With a career that has spanned teaching third grade, producing Colin Cowherd’s radio show, a stint in ESPN’s Talent Office and TV production, Gifford explains what ESPN’s tries to accomplish and how she rose from an intern into a top executive with great insight about all the personalities…
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