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Podcast: John Sears on sports analytics

By Dr. Ed Feng Leave a Comment

John Sears, a special advisor to the Los Angeles Dodgers, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. John has a graduate degree from Stanford and has also worked for the Philadelphia 76ers. Highlights include:

  • His first experience with applied math (7:48)
  • Working at the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis (12:32)
  • The decision to go to grad school (19:00)
  • The latest baseball data sets that John and the Dodgers are hiring quants to work on (26:09)
  • The 2015 NBA draft with Philadelphia (33:50)
  • Working with the Minnesota Timberwolves and match up problems (45:18)
  • How to break into sports analytics (52:09)

The story about the 2015 NBA draft is an incredible lesson in predictive analytics, and I highly recommend listening to the seven minutes starting at 33:50. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

This episode of The Football Analytics Show is also available on:

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  • Apple Podcasts

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