Career in sports stat tracking?

[SuperBowlNachos]

What does it take to get some kind of career in sports stat tracking or something like that? I have always been a stat person and writing them down has never bothered me, I think being in leagues and having to right down stats for my games got me into it.


This is all just long info about my stat tracking history

Spoiler

This past football season I kept stats for a friend of mine during a football broadcast. I was good for what I had to work with, a legal pad and a pencil. Writing down offensive players involved in the play and the type of play and how long it went for. Then at the end of possession added up all the stats for the broadcast. I could have the chance to do this weekly this next season to.

Now I am a scorebook keeper for LL baseball, keeping the baseball scorebook, pitch count and running the scoreboard.

So what do you have to major in and what classes could I possibly take? Is it more just going into radio and coming into the position?

[Vince]

Re: Career in sports stat tracking?

We have a Major of Math and Stats at Concordia U.

So I'm guessing that class.

[sportsdude]

Re: Career in sports stat tracking?

What does it take to get some kind of career in sports stat tracking or something like that? I have always been a stat person and writing them down has never bothered me, I think being in leagues and having to right down stats for my games got me into it.


This is all just long info about my stat tracking history

Spoiler

This past football season I kept stats for a friend of mine during a football broadcast. I was good for what I had to work with, a legal pad and a pencil. Writing down offensive players involved in the play and the type of play and how long it went for. Then at the end of possession added up all the stats for the broadcast. I could have the chance to do this weekly this next season to.

Now I am a scorebook keeper for LL baseball, keeping the baseball scorebook, pitch count and running the scoreboard.

So what do you have to major in and what classes could I possibly take? Is it more just going into radio and coming into the position?

you're gonna have to get more experience before they would consider hiring you, but I know STATS inc. hires tons of people for local stat keeping jobs. I don't think it would be a full time job but it would be a nice start.

As far as college classes and college stuff, I'd say get involved with the athletic department somehow. Aside from taking some math classes, sports management or sports information would be good majors for you. Find a way to help with stats whether it's for the football team or if it's for the softball team. Just getting involved and getting experience will go a long way to helping get a job in what you're looking for.

[jct32]

Re: Career in sports stat tracking?

This has got me a little interested, I'm really thinking about asking my old football coach about taking stats next season.

How far could you take this, and what math classes would you need to take?

[WazzuRC]

Re: Career in sports stat tracking?

Definitely get involved in whatever college's athletic department. If you can, try and work in Sport Information. VOLUNTEER if you have to. Anything to get experience and network with people. Even if there are no available openings in Sports Info, try and work in their marketing or compliance department, really anything. Then when a position opens, you have already been working in that athletic department.

[mjb2124]

Re: Career in sports stat tracking?

You need a lot of math and stat classes. I think they also like to see people that have the ability to create their own stats.

[ehh]

Re: Career in sports stat tracking?

Move to CT.

SportsTicker, formerly owned by ESPN until last year, does all of this. ESPN obviously still does this to a lesser extent but they mostly outsource this to SportsTicker. Three of my friends who now work at ESPN with decent jobs (for their mid-20's) started at SportsTicker. Kinda a minor league for ESPN.

But now for the bad news, prepare to make $12/hr and work all weekends and most nights.