THE COLLEGE GAME · 2026
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Associate Director of Football Sports Performance · Cincinnati · 2026
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Christopher Friend is listed by Cincinnati as Associate Director of Football Sports Performance in the official staff source checked November 1, 2026.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Christopher Friend - University of Cincinnati Athletics - Official Athletics Website
Career
Christopher Friend joined Ohio State’s football performance staff as an intern in January 2018 and later worked with its men’s and women’s ice hockey programs. Cincinnati’s biography associates that performance work with the women’s program’s first NCAA championship in 2022. He arrived at Cincinnati in 2023. His earlier background included a football strength-and-conditioning internship at Mississippi State and playing linebacker at Eureka College, where the account records three all-conference selections. The hockey team championship and his individual football honors are distinct.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Christopher Friend - University of Cincinnati Athletics - Official Athletics Website
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