The sport analytics concentration helps students develop strong data analysis and analytical thinking skills to address important questions in the sport industry. Like many other industries, the sport industry is gathering an unprecedented amount of data on a daily basis. For example, the business office of professional sport teams collects data about fans and sponsors. The front office and coaching staff of major league teams increasingly rely on data to inform their in-game decisions. With the collection of massive data sets, sport organizations need professionals to analyze this data in order to draw useful insights.Read more.
The techniques and tools covered in BA in Sports Analytics are most similar to the requirements found in Data Analyst job advertisements.
