It is believed that USC will be the first college football program “to name a director of AI for football” when it announces Conor McQuiston will hold the position, according to sources cited by USA TODAY. McQuiston, who has past experience “working in analytics in both the NFL and college football, will report directly” to GM Chad Bowden. USC also intends to hire “additional, full-time staffers to support the football program’s analytics department and research” (USA TODAY, 6/10). It is unclear what McQuiston’s “focus will be as the director of AI,” as the sport is “still in the early stages of deploying it across the football landscape” (THE ATHLETIC, 6/10).
USC believed to be first CFB program to hire Director of AI
