She spent the last two years of high school working as a model in Atlanta and then enrolled at Georgia State College to continue her career.
One day she happened to see herself on a TV monitor and realized that if she had a career in television size wouldn't matter.
[6] Chastain began her sportscasting career 1963 when she heard that WAGA-TV (Atlanta) was casting about for a young girl to play the part of a football coach and make weekly predictions.
Slippery Rock State College invited her to their Pennsylvania campus for a season preview where they awarded her letters in five sports and made her an honorary member of the coaching staff.
[11] She jumped to national TV with "The Jane Chastain Show -- Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sports but Were Afraid to Ask.
During the CBS National Football League telecast of a game on October 13, 1974, she became the first female NFL announcer, brought in as a commentator alongside Don Criqui and Irv Cross.
[15] When the network failed to renew her contract she returned to Miami television where Bernie Rosen, the long-time sports director for WTVJ, was only too happy to have her.
[2] She hosted a radio program, What Washington Doesn't Want You to Know, as well as served on a number of boards and commissions.
[18] Chastain married Skip Thomas, a local television host and producer (1962–1965) who had nothing to do with her athletic success.
[19] She married industrial designer Roger Chastain (1968–present) who, at the time, was one of the southeast's leading sports car drivers.