| Christian Spears | |
| Current Title: | Athletic director |
| Current Team: | Marshall |
| Current Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Birth Place: | San Marino, California, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Washington (BS) Long Beach State University (MPA) Ohio State University (JD) |
| Admin Years1: | 2003–2009 |
| Admin Team1: | Southern Illinois (assistant AD) |
| Admin Years2: | 2009–2014 |
| Admin Team2: | Northern Illinois (associate AD) |
| Admin Years3: | 2013 |
| Admin Team3: | Northern Illinois (acting AD) |
| Admin Years4: | 2014–2017 |
| Admin Team4: | Eastern Michigan (deputy AD) |
| Admin Years5: | 2017 |
| Admin Team5: | Eastern Michigan (interim AD) |
| Admin Years6: | 2017–2022 |
| Admin Team6: | Pittsburgh (deputy AD) |
| Admin Years7: | 2022–present |
Christian Spears is an American athletic director currently serving at Marshall University. He has been the athletic director at Marshall since February 2022.
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]