by The SII Team As part of an initiative undertaken by the IU Indianapolis Institute for Engaged Learning, the Sports Innovation Podcast developed a special episode focused on High-Impact Practices in Higher Education. Department of TESM chair Dr. David Pierce and Right Hand co-founder and CEO Bryan Kryder sat down and discussed the high-impact practice… Read more »
by Elliott Scott, School of Informatics graduate student This report analyzes football game states using college sports data to predict win probabilities for various game situations. The dataset comprises 1.6 million rows of play-by-play data from Division I FBS football games, focusing on play types like punts, field goals, passes, and rushes. Each play type… Read more »
by David Pierce, Ph.D. During the spring 2024 semester, our senior capstone course in Sports Innovation at Indiana University Indianapolis partnered with Mudsock Youth Athletics (MYA) in Fishers, IN, and the Center for Sports Transformation (CST) to examine recruitment, retention, and quality of volunteer youth sports coaching and present ideas that would help MYA to… Read more »
by The SII Team Background In college athletics, things have changed significantly over the past decade. The most notable change that has greatly altered the landscape has been the creation of the “Transfer Portal” and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals for athletes. This has led to a surge in student-athletes transferring, where over 3,000… Read more »
Mike Karnuta, Senior Vice President of Business Development for the Indiana Sports Corporation, believes in the mission of IU Indianapolis’ Department of Tourism, Events, and Sports Management (TESM). Karnuta works with a variety of faculty and students to stage mock interviews, teach adjunct courses, volunteer as a career panelist, create opportunities for graduate assistants and interns,… Read more »
