Hey, I’m Matt. I moonlight as a performance analyst in America’s favorite pastime. In previous lives, I’ve worked in football, spent a little time as a professor, and spent a really long time as an applied sport scientist/S&C coach. I’ve had the chance to work with athletes in a range of sports, including soccer, basketball, volleyball, bobsled and skeleton, and XC skiing.

My main focus is on maximizing player performance while managing fatigue and injury risk. To that end, I’ve spent a lot of time developing and implementing athlete monitoring systems, building data visualizations and reports for stakeholders at all organizational levels, and performing in-depth post-mortem analyses to drive future decisions.

Experience

Analyst, Performance Science (2024 - Current)

   | Kansas City Royals

Director of Sport Science (2021 - 2024)

   | New York Jets

Analyst, Performance Science (2019 - 2021)

   | Kansas City Royals

Performance Coach (2018 - 2019)

   | Chinese Olympic Committee

Assistant Professor (2017 - 2018)

   | LaGrange College

Lead Sport Scientist - Men’s Soccer (2012 - 2017)

   | East Tennessee State University

Education

PhD in Sport Physiology & Performance (2017)

   | East Tennessee State University

MA in Exercise Physiology (2014)

   | East Tennessee State University

BS in Exercise Science (2011)

   | East Tennessee State University