| 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 Americanathletic director currently serving atMarshall University. He has been the athletic director at Marshall since February 2022.
Spears began working as the associate director of athletics atNorthern Illinois University in 2009 after spending the previous six years as the assistant athletic director atSouthern Illinois University.[1] In 2013, Spears was named acting athletic director at NIU afterJeff Compher left to become the athletic director atEast Carolina University.[2]
In 2014, Spears was hired as deputy AD atEastern Michigan University. In 2017, he was named interim AD afterHeather Lyke left to become the AD at theUniversity 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 atMarshall 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 theThundering Herd baseball team.[7]