Former Director of Sports Analytics at ESPN and Author
Benjamin Alamar
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Benjamin Alamar is the former Director of Sports Analytics at ESPN and author of the Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers.Benjamin Alamar is the former Director of Sports Analytics at ESPN and author of the Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers (August, 2013). He has consulted with a variety of teams in the NFL and NBA, including five seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder and with a variety of companies in sports analytics. He has published numerous research studies in sports analytics and has written on sports analytics for outlets such as ESPN, Analytics Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. Additionally, Professor Alamar is the founding editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, the first peer-reviewed academic journal for research in sports analytics.
