Indiana State named Nathan Christensen as athletic director June 12. For a man who only officially started 12 days ago? It’s been busy. Since arriving from South Dakota State, where he was senior associate athletic director of development, Christensen has already hired a new baseball coach and helped the transition with a new men’s and women’s basketball coach.
He’s also had to contend with matters away from Indiana State as college athletics continues to evolve out of its traditional amateur athletics role. Things like May’s House settlement will likely completely change the landscape of how college sports works ..
. and ISU is along for the ride. The Tribune-Star sat down with Christensen on Thursday for an in-depth interview.
This Q&A format will run in two parts. Today? The focus is on Christensen’s early impressions of ISU, his own working philosophy and the financial realities of ISU as it relates to the current collegiate landscape. Golden: First, tell me about how the transition has gone.
What’s been fun about it? What’s been challenging? Christensen: I always had a good sense of Indiana State and obviously the rich history here. I also had a good sense of the great people here. Terre Haute is a really strong community that there's a lot of deep roots and people from Terre Haute truly care about Terre Haute, but they also care about Indiana State University.
People have been very welcoming. I’ve been able to meet with different people from head coache.
