Northern Illinois University Athletics

Aaron Christner is in his seventh season with Northern Illinois University’s football operations staff. After two seasons as a graduate assistant in football operations, he is now in his fifth year in a full-time role. 

Christner’s duties include team travel logistics, scouting away game locations, coordinating camps and on-campus recruiting visits. He also works with the current Huskie players, specifically assisting incoming players with their transition from high school to college. Christner is also the football program’s liaison to the NIU Compliance Office.    

Prior to NIU, Christner worked as a football operations intern for the Baltimore Ravens, creating itineraries and coordinating travel, assisting with the 2010 training camp and securing hotels for home and away games for coaches and staff.    

As an undergraduate student at Iowa, Christner worked as a student football operations manager, aiding with practices and game day set up, coordinating camps, and leading other student managers. 

A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Christner earned his bachelor’s degree in interdepartmental studies from Iowa in 2010. He received his master’s degree in education from NIU in 2015.