Football
- Title:
- Director of On-Campus Recruiting
No stranger to college football, Christina DeRuyter enters her second season as the Director of On-Campus Recruiting for the Texas Tech football program.
In this role, DeRuyter organizes and executes all aspects of recruiting future Red Raiders, planning the travel, accommodations, meals, meetings, tours and activities for every prospective student-athlete that visits campus. She will also oversee the recruiting functions around each home football game as well as communications to potential recruits via social media.
DeRuyter arrived in Lubbock after spending the 2018 season in a similar role at the University of Arizona. She was previously a football operations and recruiting student worker at her alma mater, Texas A&M, for four seasons (2014-17) before accepting a position with the NFL Players Association.
DeRuyter was an events intern with the NFLPA prior to her hiring at Arizona as she helped coordinate logistics for many of the organization’s top events such as the Super Bowl, Collegiate Bowl and Rookie Premier among others.
DeRuyter graduated cum laude from Texas A&M in 2017 with a degree in sports management and a minor in business administration and communication.
DeRuyter is the daughter Tim and Kara DeRuyter. Her father is currently the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers at Cal following a five-year stint as the head coach at Fresno State. He was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Texas A&M from 2010-11 prior to his hire at Fresno State.
