Colton Lovelace- Director of Analytics and Video at Oklahoma State University

Season 4 Episode 34 is out with Colton Lovelace. Colton is the Director of Analytics and Video at Oklahoma State University. Colton began his overall path to Oklahoma State University starting at Kansas University as an equipment manager. He eventually worked his way up to becoming the Director of Analytics and implemented technologies such as Rapsodo, TrackMan, BATS! & Edgertronic Cameras.

Colton spent the summer of 2021 working in the Appalachian League working as a Data and Video Intern. Colton furthered his overall knowledge of player development technologies and data throughout his internship.

Colton goes in-depth into his overall experience within Oklahoma State University. He talks about his overall interview with OSU that including the entire coaching staff and OSU’s 2022 season which includes a top 10 ranking.

Colton talks about what has made Oklahoma State so successful over the past 2 years. He talks about the overall data technology implementations they have used, data interpretations towards player development, and the scouting strategy they have used.

Timestamps:

Intro(1:00)

Appalachian League Experience (2:00)

Equipment Manager to Director of Player Development at Kansas University (5:30)

Intro to Oklahoma State (8:15)

Initial Interview with Oklahoma State University coaching staff (10:00)

OSU’s 2022 season (14:00)

Overall role as Director of video and analytics (18:00)

Intro into Advance Scouting and Player Development (19:00)

Player Development Technology Implementation at Oklahoma State (20:00)

Edgertronic Camera usage (22:00)

Data Interpretation towards players (25:00)

Scouting Reports (28:00)

Why R is so important for an organization (30:00)

Biggest learning curves within internships (36:10)

Favorite Technology for Player Development and Scouting (40:00)

What does Scouting and Player Development look like in 5 years (47:00)

Pitching Analytics (60:00)