Jackson Wearne

Building Custom Analytics Products for College Basketball Teams

Overview

I am pursuing opportunities to help a basketball program win through better data, cleaner systems, and more useful internal tools. My background combines hands-on analytics work at Kahua with experience inside a college basketball staff, which gives me a practical view of how coaches consume information and where better products can create an edge.

The niche I want to own is building custom analytics products for college basketball teams: recruiting boards that stay current, opponent scouting dashboards that save prep time, player development trackers that surface trends, and data pipelines that turn scattered information into dependable workflows. I bring Python, Power BI, and a strong product mindset, but just as important, I care about building tools a staff will actually use every day.

I am especially interested in data analyst and data engineer roles where I can sit at the intersection of coaching, operations, and technology. My goal is to help a college basketball team move faster, ask better questions, and make smarter decisions because the right information is easy to trust and easy to access.

Experience

Data Scientist

Kahua

Jan 2025 — Present
  • Build analytics workflows and internal tools that turn operational data into usable reporting for decision-makers
  • Work across technical and business stakeholders to translate messy questions into dashboards, automations, and repeatable processes
  • Bring a product mindset focused on building tools people actually use, not just analyses that stay hidden in spreadsheets
  • Continue developing the engineering habits, communication skills, and business context needed to support high-trust data products

Assistant Coach

Georgia Gwinnett College Men's Basketball

2025 — Present
  • Joined the inaugural 2025-26 staff and contribute to the day-to-day work of a college basketball program
  • Support the coaching environment with film work, communication, and a practical understanding of what information is most useful to staff
  • Strengthen the basketball context behind my long-term goal of building better tools for recruiting, scouting, and player development
  • Bring a dual perspective that combines technical problem-solving with on-court and program-level needs

Data Science Intern / Sales Operations Intern

Kahua

2024
  • Improved Python and Power BI skills through hands-on reporting, automation, and internal analytics support
  • Contributed to process improvement work that connected business needs with more efficient data-driven workflows
  • Learned how to explain technical work more clearly and collaborate effectively with non-technical teammates
  • Built an early foundation in product thinking by focusing on usefulness, clarity, and adoption

Custom Analytics Products

01

Transfer Portal & Recruiting Board

A staff-facing product that centralises portal, recruiting, roster-fit, and evaluation notes in one searchable workflow. Built to help college programs move faster during the most chaotic decision windows.

PythonSQLAPIsWorkflow Design
02

Opponent Scouting Dashboard

A pregame tool that turns play-by-play, shot location, and lineup data into scouting packets coaches can actually use, with filters for actions, personnel, and late-game tendencies.

DashboardsPlay-by-PlayVisualisationGame Prep
03

Player Development Tracker

An internal analytics product that blends practice data, film tags, and game performance into a simple development view for staff and players. Focused on turning long-term growth into measurable weekly action items.

Player DevTrackingReportingProduct Thinking
04

Basketball Operations Data Pipeline

A lightweight data engineering layer that automates ingestion, cleaning, and refreshes across recruiting, scouting, and performance tools so the staff can trust the numbers and spend less time updating spreadsheets.

ETLAutomationData EngineeringReliability

Skills & Focus Areas

Programming

Python
R
SQL
JavaScript

Data & BI

Power BI
Data Pipelines
API Scripting
Automation

Product & Communication

Dashboard Design
Stakeholder Communication
Requirements Translation
Process Improvement

Basketball Analytics

Opponent Scouting
Recruiting Workflows
Player Evaluation
Staff Decision Support

Background

Bachelor of Arts — Economics

University of Georgia

2020 - 2024

Built a foundation in quantitative thinking, data analysis, and business decision-making that now anchors my move toward basketball analytics, data products, and data engineering.

Current Direction

College Basketball Analytics Products

2025 — Present

Focused on the systems behind recruiting, scouting, reporting, and player development. I want to build tools that make a basketball staff faster, sharper, and more consistent in how it uses information.

Connect

LinkedIn is the best place to reach me right now. I am always open to conversations about college basketball analytics, data infrastructure, and custom tools for team decision-making.