Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy welcomes Ryan Betscher as new athletic director
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy welcomes Ryan Betscher as the new upper school athletic director.
鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to bring Ryan back into our community to help lead and shape our athletics department. A 2000 graduate of CHCA, Ryan is no stranger to our community. He will lead the day-to-day operations of the department as we continue to strive to move Eagle Nation to new heights,鈥� said Bryan Fetzer, who was CHCA鈥檚 executive director of athletics and will now shift responsibilities to serve as the executive director of ahletic strategic development and advancement.
Betscher was most recently executive director of the Sports Complex and Retreat Center at Athletes in Action (AIA), a global sports ministry headquartered in Xenia, Ohio. In his previous role, Betscher led all the sports programming, event execution, and the new residential academy while planning for the John Wooden Family Fieldhouse in Xenia that will break ground this fall. Betscher also created and launched the Bart Starr Award Youth Camp at Super Bowl LVII in Los Angeles.
This year’s inaugural Bart Starr award was given to Russell Wilson and an NFL-sanctioned camp was conducted at the Super Bowl Experience at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This camp impacted more than 250 local youth and 30 coaches by teaching them fundamentals of football, proper nutrition and exercise, and how to be a person of character through team building games and activities.
Prior to AIA, Betscher served for 10 years as COO of Mu帽oz Agency, a sports marketing firm, focusing on event and program execution with the NFL, MLB, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and several non-profit organizations. During this time, he executed events in every NFL city, and every Super Bowl Experience since 2013.
Betscher launched his career as a market research consultant for Procter & Gamble. He has also served on multiple boards, including CHCA鈥檚 from 2009-2015, and serves on the Board at Faith Bible Church in Symmes Township. After graduating from CHCA, he coached football for the CHCA middle school and high school teams from 2008-2012.
Ryan lives in Maineville with his wife of 18 years, Allison, and their four kids, Penny, Jack, William and Carter 鈥� all who will attend CHCA. He enjoys coaching his children鈥檚 youth sports teams, watching Survivor, volunteering at local charities, and teaching his kids how to golf and fish.
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