Christian Spears
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Marshall |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | San Marino, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Washington (BS) Long Beach State University (MPA) Ohio State University (JD) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2003–2009 | Southern Illinois (assistant AD) |
| 2009–2014 | Northern Illinois (associate AD) |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois (acting AD) |
| 2014–2017 | Eastern Michigan (deputy AD) |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan (interim AD) |
| 2017–2022 | Pittsburgh (deputy AD) |
| 2022–present | Marshall |
Christian Spears is an American athletic director currently serving at Marshall University. He has been the athletic director at Marshall since February 2022.
Career
[edit]Spears began working as the associate director of athletics at Northern Illinois University in 2009 after spending the previous six years as the assistant athletic director at Southern Illinois University.[1] In 2013, Spears was named acting athletic director at NIU after Jeff Compher left to become the athletic director at East Carolina University.[2]
In 2014, Spears was hired as deputy AD at Eastern Michigan University. In 2017, he was named interim AD after Heather Lyke left to become the AD at the University of Pittsburgh.[3] Shortly after becoming interim AD, Spears followed Lyke to Pitt as the deputy athletic director.[4]
In February 2022, Spears was named athletic director at Marshall University replacing interim AD, Jeff O'Malley.[5][6] As athletic director of Marshall, he oversaw the completion of the fundraising to build a new baseball stadium for the Thundering Herd baseball team.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Nitz, Steve (April 1, 2009). "Christian Spears' division I responsibilities increase". Northern Star. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ Mitchell, Fred (April 4, 2013). "NIU names Spears acting AD". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ "Christian Spears named Eastern Michigan interim athletic director". Detroit Free Press. March 27, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ Paul, Tony (May 12, 2017). "EMU interim AD Christian Spears leaving for Pittsburgh". The Detroit News. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ Brocato, Joe (February 25, 2022). "Christian Spears introduced as Marshall's new Director of Athletics". WV Metro News. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ Zimmer, Justin (March 1, 2022). "New AD Christian Spears Sets Priorities". The Parthenon. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ Creasey, Luke (September 29, 2022). "Gift from state completes fundraising for Marshall baseball stadium". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- Eastern Michigan Eagles athletic directors
- Marshall Thundering Herd athletic directors
- Northern Illinois Huskies athletic directors
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni
- People from San Marino, California
- University of Washington alumni