Dr. Peter Dryer was named the Athletic Director of Arizona Christian University in May 2019. He earned a PhD in Leadership specializing in Sport Administration from Concordia University Chicago in 2018.
Dryer came to ACU in the Spring of 2015 and served as the Assistant Athletic Director for the Firestorm. Dryer oversaw game day management, spiritual development, and facilities management within the Athletics Division. Additionally, Dr. Dryer developed a Sport Management concentration as part of the Business Administration major and taught various courses in ACU's School of Business.
Prior to ACU, Dryer served as Athletics Director and Men's Soccer Coach at Bluefield College (NAIA) in southern Virginia for five years. During his time there he guided the department through the re-emergence of a football program, conference alignment, and an athletics rebranding and re-visioning process.
Before his service at Bluefield, Dryer earned his Master's Degree in Higher Education at Geneva College and worked in the athletics department with the men's soccer program. Additionally, Dryer was active in the club soccer scene as Director of Coaching and youth coach for the Pittsburgh Strikers Soccer Club.
Dryer attended Cedarville University and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Business Management. While there, he played and captained the Yellow Jackets men's soccer team, earned all-conference honors and appeared in three NCCAA national tournaments.
Dryer and his wife, Kristin, have a son, Cooper, and daughters, Noelle and Molly, and reside in Cave Creek.
