Mark Christner is in his fifth year as the Women's Basketball Head Coach at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Christner has an overall won-loss record of 62-30 in his four seasons including a conference record of 36-17. He has led the Knights to four consecutive trips to the MIAA Tournament semifinals. In 2023, he led Calvin to its first 20-win campaign since 2017. The Knights were nationally-ranked for 11 weeks during the 2022-23 campaign. His teams have achieved in the classroom as all four of his Calvin teams have received the MIAA Team GPA Award for posting a cumulative team grade point average of 3.30 or above.

Christner spent the previous nine years as head men’s basketball coach at Waynesburg University (Pa.). Prior to serving as head men’s basketball coach at Waynesburg, Christner spent eight years as an assistant coach with the Calvin men’s basketball program and three years as an assistant coach with the Calvin women’s basketball program.

Christner graduated from Calvin in 1999, where he played two years on the Calvin junior varsity men’s basketball team and one year on the varsity.

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Website - https://calvinknights.com/sports/womens-basketball

Email - [email protected]

Twitter - @CalvinWBball

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