Edward (Ed) Egros, M.S.
Lecturer, Sports Management
he/him
regros@callutheran.edu
Hanson House #109
Areas of expertise: Sports analytics, sports management, sports and data journalism, television, radio, podcasts, blogging, video and audio editing, mathematics and statistics
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Edward Egros is a professor, broadcaster, writer and data scientist with several years of experience in the sports industry and academic environments. Outside of his work with Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s School of Management, Edward is a contributor with , a podcaster who appears on various sports betting, football and . Edward also gives talks across the country as to how broadcasters and communicators can enhance their presentations by embracing analytical tools.
Edward began his career as a local television reporter primarily covering the Dallas Cowboys, college football and Texas high school football. It was during this time when he saw the rise in sports analytics in performance and public conversations. He then became a regional and national sports analytics expert with , , among several other media outlets. Edward also spent one season with the NFL’s Next Gen Stats team as that spotlit the league’s advanced metrics for upcoming games and matchups. Edward’s goal is to help bridge the natural gap between sports communication and data science for working professionals and the next generation of sports industry leaders.
Education
Northwestern University - M.S. in Predictive Analytics
Southern Methodist University - B.A. in Journalism (emphasis on Broadcast Journalism), B.S. in Economics (emphasis on Econometrics), minor in Mathematics
Expertise
- Sports analytics
- Sports management
- Sports and data journalism
- Television
- Radio
- Podcasts
- Blogging
- Video and audio editing
- Mathematics and statistics
Publications
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Big Data Analytics Conference 2015
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Published paper on Forecasting MLB World Champions Using Data Mining