The Saints are hiring Zach Stuart from the Jets as Director of Analytics, per sources.
Stuart was Coordinator, Football Analytics with the Jets and had been with the team since 2020.
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) July 10, 2023
The New Orleans Saints are hiring the former New York Jets coordinator of football analytics in Zach Stuart as the team’s new director of analytics, as was first reported by Seth Walder of ESPN.
Stuart had been with the Jets since 2020. Before entering the professional sports sphere, he worked as a mathematics R&D for Sandra National Laboratories (2017-2020) and actuarial analyst for Mountain States Insurance Group (2014-2016).
Stuart comes to New Orleans after the departure of Ryan Herman, who spent six years with the team, at the end of May. The NFL has shown more prioritization of analytics, something that has helped the game a lot over recent years, and the way things have only continued to trend only indicates that the usage of data in more expanded ways is only going to be something that gets bigger.
Since taking over for heralded longtime head coach Sean Payton, how Dennis Allen continues to grow his team in this area with people like Stuart will be something to keep an eye on.
