2003 Penn State graduate Shannon Furman has spent over fifteen years bringing fans great features and stories about their favorite NFL teams and players. As Director and Producer at NFL Films, Shannon talks about working on Hard Knocks, her career advice to women entering the sports business industry and the time she found about Bill O'Brien leaving Penn State before anyone else!
Jump straight into:
(2:00) - Winning and giving away Emmy Awards
(3:40) - Career start and growth at NFL Films
(7:55) - Directing Hard Knocks: normal times vs. the pandemic
(10:35) - Choosing what goes on air for Hard Knocks
(13:50) - Finding out Football Head Coach Bill O'Brien was leaving Penn State
(15:25) - Favorite NFL Films stories and features
(19:15) - Working as a female in sports
(21:00) - Penn State experience
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