Michael Lopez
@StatsbyLopez
Data & Analytics @NFL, with stops at Skidmore (Asst Prof), Brown (PhD), UMass (MS), and Bates (Math, 🏈)
Finally published the Moneyball post as promised djpardis.medium.com/revisiting-mon… cc @AlexNoonan6 @matsonj
Sarah was a 2025 Big Data Bowl finalist #BigDataBowl
Chiefs announced personnel staff promotions and hires that included naming Mike Bradway and Chris Shea assistant GMs.
Eric was a 2025 Big Data Bowl finalist #BigDataBowl
The Jets hired Eric Steinberg as an Analytics Intern. Steinberg is a recent graduate from Emory University. This offseason the Jets added Sean Clement in a Director level role as well as promoting Arjun Menon. Steinberg will be the 6th member of the analytics group for the NYJ.
Chiefs announced personnel staff promotions and hires that included naming Mike Bradway and Chris Shea assistant GMs.
The Jets hired Eric Steinberg as an Analytics Intern. Steinberg is a recent graduate from Emory University. This offseason the Jets added Sean Clement in a Director level role as well as promoting Arjun Menon. Steinberg will be the 6th member of the analytics group for the NYJ.
With the MLB All-Star game tonight, here is how MLB divisions would look if they were created purely to minimize the average distance between teams. Avg distance between teams in same division: - Current: 606 miles - Optimal: 421 miles
The Raiders hired Jonah Lubin as a Football Data Science Assistant, he posted on LinkedIn. Lubin was a Big Data Bowl semi-finalist this year and previously interned for the Texans on the business side.
🏈 Introducing BLUE (Bayesian Learned Unit Efficiency) - a new way to rank college football teams that goes beyond counting stats and even raw EPA/Play. Here's how it works: 🧵
There was a period of time when shooting more threes was enough. As the floor for 3-point attempt rate has risen, there's less of an edge to be gained by TAKING more threes. At the same time, being able to *MAKE* more threes is more important than ever.
The Celtics shooting nearly 55% of their shots as 3s last season is a staggering number... But look at how the NBA's floor for 3-point attempt rate has risen over the past 5-10 years
The Bills are hiring Cole Jacobson as a Football Research Assistant, per sources. Jacobson and his team were finalists in this year’s Big Data Bowl for their project titled “Safety Entropy”: kaggle.com/code/colejacob…
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The Chargers are hiring a quantitative analyst teamworkonline.com/football-jobs/…
The Patriots hired Max Mulitz as Personnel Analytics Coordinator, per sources. Mulitz previously worked as Director, Coaching Analytics for the Dolphins. It’s another analytics move for New England, who recently hired Ekene Olekanma as Director of Coaching Analytics.
The Patriots hired Ekene Olekanma from the 49ers as Director of Coaching Analytics, he wrote on LinkedIn. Olekanma had been Coordinator, Football R&D in San Francisco.
Matt Ploenzke, 2020 Big Data Bowl winner #BigDataBowl
The 49ers have promoted three people in their personnel department, per the team website. Tariq Ahmad and RJ Gillen have both been promoted to VP of Player Personnel, and Matt Ploenzke has been promoted to VP of Football R&D