▁wrest ling , ▁soft ball , ▁vol ley ball , ▁track , ▁cross ▁country ▁running ▁and ▁others ▁trans p ired . ▁ ▁Athletics ▁grew ▁further ▁when ▁J ake ▁Christians en , ▁brother ▁of ▁conduct or ▁Paul ▁J . ▁Christians en , ▁was ▁appointed ▁physical ▁education ▁director ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁He ▁co ached ▁the ▁football ▁team ▁to ▁five ▁conference ▁champion ships ▁over ▁his ▁ 2 8 - year ▁career . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁Christians en ▁designed ▁a ▁new ▁athlet ic ▁facility ▁that ▁promoted ▁the ▁college ' s ▁reputation ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁One ▁of ▁Christians en ' s ▁former ▁students , ▁Jim ▁Christoph erson , ▁took ▁over ▁co aching ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁team ▁to ▁nine ▁conference ▁titles ▁and ▁two ▁national ▁champion ships . ▁Both ▁coach es ▁have ▁been ▁induct ed ▁in ▁the ▁College ▁Football ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame . ▁ ▁Notable ▁fac ulty ▁ ▁Notable ▁fac ulty ▁include : ▁ ▁René ▁Cla us en , ▁professor ▁of ▁music ▁( Paul ▁J . ▁and ▁Ele an or ▁Christians en ▁Chair ▁in ▁Ch oral ▁Music ), ▁conduct or ▁of ▁The ▁Con cord ia ▁Ch oir ▁ ▁Chris ▁Cost e , ▁head ▁coach , ▁baseball ▁ ▁Hir am ▁Dra che , ▁historian - in - res idence ▁ ▁Rich ▁Glas , ▁Athlet ic ▁director ▁and ▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁head ▁coach ▁ ▁Marcus ▁J . ▁Borg , ▁( 1 9 4 2 – 2 0 1 5 ) ▁American ▁New ▁Testament ▁scholar ▁and ▁the