Panthers coaching intern Jennifer King sees herself as a role model

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jennifer King can hear the music blaring on the Carolina Panthers practice fields from her office in the gym at Johnson & Wales University on the other side of the team's privacy fence. When the coaches pump in crowd noise for practice during the season, it sounds like a jet is taking off beside her.

Until recently King, 33, only dreamed about being on the other side of the fence that she sometimes peers through on her way to work as the JWU women's basketball coach.

Then two years ago, she was introduced to a program -- the NFL Women's Careers in Football Forum -- designed to open doors in coaching, scouting and front-office positions for qualified participants.

That's how…