Dean Oliver (statistician)

[6] More recently, Oliver has served in front office roles with the Sacramento Kings,[7][8] Seattle SuperSonics and Denver Nuggets of the NBA (including when the controversial trade for Allen Iverson was made).

In October 2015 Dean Oliver joined TruMedia Networks as Vice President of Data Science.

He played Division III collegiate basketball at the historically win-challenged California Institute of Technology, graduating with honors with a degree in engineering there in 1990, and served as an assistant coach for the team beginning as a junior.

He earned a Ph.D. in statistical applications in environmental science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 while scouting for Bertka Views, a scouting organization run by then-Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach, Bill Bertka.

By October 2004, he had impressively accomplished his goal and was hired as the first full-time statistical analyst in the NBA.