Jump to content

Chad Ford

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chad Ford
Born1971 (age 53–54)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materBrigham Young University - Hawaii (B.A.)
George Mason University (M.S.)
Georgetown University (J.D)
Occupation(s)Teacher, consultant, mediator
SpouseAmanda Ford
Children4[1]

Chad Ford (born 1971) is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Utah State University, specializing in intercultural and religious peacebuilding. He served as the director of the Brigham Young University–Hawaii's McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding from 2005-2021 and is known for his study of conflict resolution with an emphasis on large group ethnic and religious conflict, as well as for his sports journalism with ESPN.[2] He is the author of the books "Dangerous Love: Transforming Fear and Conflict at Home, at Work, and the World"[3] and "Seventy Times Seven: Jesus’s Path to Conflict Transformation."[4]

Early life

[edit]

Ford grew up in Kansas City, Missouri,[5] in 1971. He holds a B.A. in history at Brigham Young University (1995), an M.S. in conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University (2000),[6] and a J.D. in Law at Georgetown University.[7] He completed an internship with INCORE, a United Nations conflict policy research center in Northern Ireland.[8]

Career

[edit]

Before joining the faculty of Brigham Young University in 2005,[9] Ford co-founded sportsTALK.com with Jason Peery in 1996 which was sold to ESPN in 2001 and was renamed Insider. Ford contributed to the subscription's content.[10] He was known for his "insider information" and breaking news on NBA stories, especially regarding the draft,[11] trade rumors, and international basketball. By 2005, 350,000[12] paying Insider subscribers read his daily reports for ESPN.

In 2015, Ford's draft boards from 2009 through 2013 were discovered to have been retroactively altered to make them appear more accurate than they had been.[13][14][15] Ford denied any involvement.[16][17] On April 28, 2017, he was laid off by ESPN alongside about 100 others at the network.[18]

As a mediator and facilitator, Ford works for several projects around the world, including in the Middle East with PeacePlayers International.[19] Additionally, he served as the managing director of global peacebuilding (2007), teaches at BYUH while directing the university's McKay Center.[20] The center functions as a cross-cultural peacebuilding laboratory for the education of students, faculty, staff and community members. The theoretical and practical tools learned in the center enable the sponsorship of community building, cultural leadership opportunities and projects throughout the world.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "ESPN NBA draft expert Chad Ford is also a BYU-Hawaii professor". Deseret News. June 21, 2016. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "International Cultural Studies and World Languages".
  3. ^ "Dangerous Love: Transforming Fear and Conflict at Home, at Work, and in the World". Kennedy Center. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  4. ^ "Seventy Times Seven: Jesus's Path to Conflict Transformation".
  5. ^ Casey, Tim. "Longtime NBA Draft Analyst Chad Ford Juggles Basketball, Peacebuilding And Academics". Forbes.
  6. ^ "ICAR Alumnus Chad Ford Educator, Journalist, and Peace Player". Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  7. ^ "Chad Ford". Utah State University. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  8. ^ "ESPN NBA draft expert Chad Ford is also a BYU-Hawaii professor". Deseret News. June 21, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  9. ^ "BYUH".
  10. ^ "ESPN Chad Ford". Archived from the original on August 18, 2008.
  11. ^ Brewer, Jason (June 18, 2011). "2011 NBA Mock Draft: Chad Ford Releases Mock Draft 5.0". Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  12. ^ "Business Week". Archived from the original on June 11, 2009.
  13. ^ Des Bieler (January 25, 2015). "Did ESPN's Chad Ford retroactively change his NBA draft prospect rankings?". Washington Post.
  14. ^ Timothy Burke (January 24, 2015). "ESPN's Chad Ford Has Been Retroactively Editing Draft Boards For Years". Deadspin.
  15. ^ Yoder, Matt (January 26, 2015). "Who sneakily edited Chad Ford's draft rankings to make him look better?". Awful Announcing.
  16. ^ Burke, Timothy. "Deadspin | Chad Ford Says He Didn't Edit His Draft Rankings, & ESPN Believes Him". deadspin.com. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  17. ^ Brent Axe (January 26, 2015). "ESPN's Chad Ford denies editing previous NBA Draft rankings". Syracuse.com.
  18. ^ Matt Bonesteel; Cindy Boren (November 27, 2021) [2017-05-01]. "ESPN's massive round of layoffs hit familiar faces, including Marc Stein, Andrew Brandt and Adam Caplan". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.[please check these dates]
  19. ^ "Peace Players International". Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  20. ^ "David O. McKay Center". Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chad_Ford&oldid=1291419886"