In the United States, he was most recently the head coach of the George Washington Colonials men's basketball team.

Christian then became a shooting guard and a three-year captain for Mount St. Mary's under head coaches Jim Phelan and Milan Brown.

The elder Christian is in the Virginia State University Hall of Fame and is a retired Head Coach of the Charles City County High School Track & Field team.

Christian began his coaching career as an assistant at Emory and Henry College (2004–06), Bucknell (2006–08) and then William & Mary (2008–11).

Coach Christian also helped the rams to a 2012 CAA Tournament championship and finished 2011–12 season with the most wins in school history (29).

5 seed, Mount St. Mary's upset Bryant and Robert Morris, but lost to Long Island University in the championship game.