Greg Christopher is the current
athletic director
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for
Xavier University
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. He was previously the athletic director at
Bowling Green State University
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from 2006 to 2013. Christopher was an associate athletic director at
Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...
, joining the department in 1997.
Prior to college athletics, Christopher was in the media industry, with NBC, a radio station group and then serving as the
executive director
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The title is widely used in North American and European not-for-profit organizations, thoug ...
for the
Society for Professional Journalists
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.
Christopher is a native of
West Lafayette, Indiana
West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister ci ...
and graduated from
West Lafayette High School
West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School (also informally known as West Side High School or simply West Side) is the only high school within the West Lafayette city limits, and is administered by the West Lafayette Community School Corporation.
...
in 1984. He attended
Miami University
Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 1 ...
in Ohio and received a bachelor's degree in mass communication in 1988, and an MBA in 1991.
References
1966 births
Living people
Bowling Green Falcons athletic directors
Xavier Musketeers athletic directors
People from West Lafayette, Indiana
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