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Why the Steelers hired a Carnegie Mellon professor for advanced analytics

ESPN.com | August 2, 2015

Related Topics: Colleges of Durham University, Carnegie Mellon University, Kevin Colbert, Pittsburgh Steelers, Latrobe, Pennsylvania

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LATROBE, Pa. -- The Pittsburgh Steelers have entered the analytics fray after previous skepticism.

Meet Karim Kassam, a former Carnegie Mellon professor of East-African and Indian descent, who is now the Steelers’ new analytics and football research coordinator.

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