Jan Jeffcoat is an afternoon news anchor at WFLD-TV in Chicago. Jeffcoat started anchoring in Chicago on June 2007. She previously hosted WFLD-TV's Good Day Chicago for 3 years which won an Illinois AP award for Best Newscast in 2008. She started anchoring afternoons in August 2010. Before joining Fox Chicago, Jeffcoat was a morning anchor at KRIV-TV in Houston, TX. She worked at KRIV-TV from November 2004 to June 2007. During her time at KRIV-TV the morning show became Houston's fastest growing morning news. Before coming to Houston, Jeffcoat worked as a morning and noon news anchor for two successful shows at WBTV in Charlotte, N.C., and WCSC-TV in Charleston, S.C.
Jeffcoat was once the only Texas television personality to anchor 4 hours of news each day. She was named “Top Houston Professional who's on the fast track" by H-Texas Magazine. During her first month in Houston she covered a collision on the Sam Houston Tollway that resulted in her nomination for a Regional Emmy. She also received an Emmy nomination for Best Anchor in Texas in 2006 and 2007 as well as two AP awards for anchoring. In 2005 and 2006 Jeffcoat was nominated for a Star Award by the American Women of Radio and Television for Best On-Air Personality in Houston. In 2010, Jeffcoat traveled to Haiti after the earthquake and received an Emmy nomination for a 30 minute primetime special she hosted. She was also named 2010 Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year by her Alma mater USC.
Jeffcoat resides in Chicago.