Christopher Minner comes to OLLU from Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), an NCAA Division II school. There he served for two years as women's assistant basketball coach under OLLU Women's Head Basketball Coach Daryl Vincent. While at TAMIU, the team made the Heartland Conference Semi-Finals and it had its first-ever conference playoff berth.

Minner primarily managed TAMIU's defense and worked with the team on shooting and scoring. His work helped the team with a six-game improvement in the league and a five-game improvement in total wins for the season. TAMIU was ranked No. 4 in the nation in steals and No. 11 in turnover to assist ratio. It placed No. 1 in scoring offense, steals, forced turnovers and blocksin the conference. During his tenure, one of his players received Defensive Player of the Year, Coach Vincent was named Coach of the Year and the team had two all-conference first-team selections.Coach Minner was also the men's head golf coach at TAMIU.

Prior to TAMIU,Minner was the boys' varsity head basketball coach at Vacaville Chrisitian High School in California. He directed the Falcons to a 62-24overall record, winning one Sacramento Valley Christian League (SVCL) title and one Central ValleyChristian League title.In addition, he was named SVCL Coach of the Year in 2006, his team GPA was 3.42 and he had the most playoff wins for a boys' head varsity coach.

From 2002-2005, Minner was the women's head basketball coach for Napa Valley Community College. He was the all-time winningest coach in percentage and number of wins. Napa Valley showed steady improvement throughout Minner's tenure, improving from a 10-20 record in 2002 to a 16-10 mark in 2004. He guided the team to its first state playoff berth in 2003 and its highest ranking on record in that position.  

Throughout his career, Minner has also coached golf, baseball and cross-country.

Minner received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Sonoma State University and a master's degree in health, physical education and recreation from St. Mary's College of California.