Head Basketball Coach
Aaron Christian
In his third season at Concordia, Aaron Christian will look to continue his transformation of the Cavalier women's basketball program.
After a 9-22 season in his first year, Christian guided the team to a 15-16 overall record and a 11-9 mark in the Cascade Collegiate Conference last season. Doubling the previous year's conference win total, the Cavs jumped two spots in the conference standings to fifth place en route to their second straight CCC tournament appearance.
Also a part of the transformation process, the women's basketball program continues to strive for academic excellence. Highlighting the student-athlete's success in earning a team grade point average of 3.0 or above, the team has been awarded with a NAIA Scholar Team Award the last two years.
The 33-year-old Christian arrived to CU from Clark College, where he was the head coach for two seasons.
Prior to Clark, Christian also served on the men's basketball coaching staffs at the University of California at Davis, Butte College (Oroville, Calif.), Portland State University and Pierce College (Lakewood, Washington).
Coach Christian had also served as a men's assistant coach at Concordia under Brad Barbarick for the 2000-01 season.
Christian received his bachelor's degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 1997 and was an assistant boy's basketball coach at Fife High School for four years while he was a PLU student. He went on to earn his master's degree in education/athletic administration from Washington State University in 2000 and was the video coordinator for the Cougars men's basketball program for two seasons.
Aaron and his wife, Julie live in Vancouver, Wash., and have a two year old son, Evan.
