Using Analytics in Practical Ways- Rich Worsell, Akron Director of Research and Analytics

Summary: On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we break from X’s and O’s to talk about how to use analytics in practical ways. To do this, we welcome Rich Worsell, Akron Director of Research and Analytics. While his current job may focus on analytics, Worsell was a great offensive coordinator at his previous stops. Coach took a unique path to get where he is today as he came all the way from England. Host Keith Grabowski will go into detail with Worsell about his past as well as what he’s learned in analytics. 1:20 How Coach grew fondness for football all the way in England 4:15 How Math plays a role in Coach’s life 6:30 When his analytics started to become relevant to his role 10:45 Using analytics to back up your instincts while scouting 14:35 Determining and tracking important data 18:50 Recommendations for starting to use analytics for your program 22:10 How much can you do in the offseason towards building your analytics 25:17 What’s something analytically that surprised coach 27:55 Analytics during gameplanning, specifically on opening drives and kickoffs 29:00 Helpful tools for creating analytics 30:55 Winning Edge