Chris Farasopoulos (born July 20, 1949) is a former American football player, Brigham Young alumnus and retired business executive.
After his graduation from North Torrance High School, he was selected 79th overall in the fourth round by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.
"[3][citation needed] He chose instead to accept a full and guaranteed football scholarship from Brigham Young University where he was hailed as "the Galloping Greek" by the Arizona Republic.
Farasopoulos holds a BS in human performance from Brigham Young University and spent 13 years at Integrated Device Technology Inc. in various operations management positions both at IDT's Technology Center and IDT's Static RAM Division in Salinas, California.
Most recently Farasopoulos was responsible for customer operations and business development as vice president with QuickSil of Fremont, California.