Michael Lopez - NFL Director of Football Data & Analytics

18/09/2019 45 min Episodio 3

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Episode Synopsis

Michael Lopez has been the NFL’s Director of Football Data & Analytics for over a year, and he’s also a statistics professor at Skidmore College. He brings a strong academic background and a coaching perspective to his NFL job. Among the topics covered:- What he does in his role for the league- State of analytics in the NFL- The league’s relatively new NGS player-tracking data- Working with the NFL competition committee- The NFL’s first Big Data Bowl (and the next one?)- Advice for students interested in a sports analytics career