Tony Khan, a thought-leader in the world of sports analytics and insights, enters his ninth season with the Jaguars, serving as executive vice president of football administration and technology.
Under Khan's guidance, the Jaguars created a Football Technology and Analytics group in 2012. In addition to being a valued asset to the coaching and scouting departments, the analytics team also explores new technology and its applications within all areas of the Jaguars organization, including player development, injury prevention, game analysis and player evaluation.
Khan, who is an owner of Fulham Football Club in London, was named Fulham's Vice Chairman and Director of Football Operations on Feb. 23, 2017. In that role, Khan assumes his responsibilities following a period of advising the football operations at Fulham, particularly in the area of analytics and research. Over the past three years at Fulham, Khan played an integral role in the identification, recruitment and signing of the players while continuing to oversee the club's statistical research department, which he created in 2015 to analyze football player performance and develop proprietary football performance.
In January 2019, Khan shook the world of sports and entertainment with the rollout of All Elite Wrestling, or AEW, billed as a fresh and dynamic product featuring a young and growing roster of male and female talent, all fueled by the mission of building an inclusive community through the power of wrestling. AEW's first event, Double or Nothing on pay-per-view, sold out within minutes and enjoyed a spectacular debut in Las Vegas, helping to build a loyal and passionate following that continues to build rapidly, both nationally and globally. In October 2019, AEW introduced a weekly Wednesday prime time show on TNT, "AEW DYNAMITE," which is Wednesday's No. 1 wrestling show and attracts the youngest wrestling audience on television.
Khan also is the owner and chairman of TruMedia Networks, a Boston-based engineering firm specializing in sports analytics solutions for leagues, franchises and media partners across the sports industry. Khan acquired TruMedia Networks in 2015, and under his ownership, the company has expanded its sports analytics engineering services, with clients including ESPN, the NFL, Zebra and over 60 percent of all Major League Baseball clubs.
In 2018, Khan made a strategic investment into Activist, a new entertainment company that will protect and build all aspects of an artist's career while leveraging their authentic voice and related platform in an effort to effect positive change. Activist, steered by industry leaders Bernie Cahill and Gregg Suess, provides comprehensive management services for its clients including music management, talent and brand management, and film and TV development.
Khan graduated from the College of Business at the University of Illinois in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance. Khan graduated from the University of Illinois Laboratory High School in 2001, where his graduating class had the highest ACT average of any class at any school in America. He was also an Illinois State Scholar and a National Merit Semifinalist. The award for dedication to the basketball program at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School is known as the Tony Khan Award.
Khan grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Ill., where he was born on Oct. 10, 1982.
