Jeff Bennett - VP, ESPN Stats & Information
Jeff Bennett oversees ESPN’s Stats & Information Group, which produces statistics and analytics that power all of ESPN’s platforms. Having been at ESPN for 25 years, Jeff’s career parallels the rise in sports data and analytics, and he is one of the most influential people in mainstream sports stats over the last quarter century. In this podcast, he discusses…
What ESPN’s Stats & Information Group does
How his interest in sports and numbers developed
Joining the ESPN research team and working on shows like SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight
Starting the Sports Analytics team
Developing metrics like Total QBR
Working with the NFL’s NGS data
The future of sports analytics
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