| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Christopher Newport |
| Conference | Coast to Coast |
| Record | 379–114 (.769) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 14, 1974 Auburn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | West Virginia Wesleyan (graduate assistant) |
| 1999–2000 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (assistant) |
| 2000–2002 | Penn (assistant) |
| 2002–2004 | Lafayette (assistant) |
| 2004–2006 | Navy (assistant) |
| 2006–2010 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy |
| 2010–present | Christopher Newport |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 379–114 (.769) 65–42 (Merchant Marine) 314–72 (Christopher Newport) |
| Tournaments | 25–8 (NCAA Division III) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division III Champion (2023) 3× NCAA Division III Final Four (2016, 2019, 2023) 2× USA South: 2012, 2013 5× CAC: 2016–2020 2× C2C: 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| Awards | |
| NABC Division III Coach of the Year (2023) C2C Coach of the Year (2022, 2023) 5× CAC Coach of the Year (2017–2021) Landmark Coach of the Year (2010) | |
John Krikorian (born September 14, 1974) is an American basketball coach. He is the current head men's basketball coach for the Christopher Newport University in NCAA Division III and previously spent six years as an assistant at the Division I level. He has led CNU to the program's only three NCAA Division III Final Four appearances and the 2023 NCAA National Championship.
Krikorian is one of the most successful coaches in NCAA men's basketball history at any level. Through 2022–23, his 76.8% winning percentage is the best in the nation among active NCAA Division III coaches with at least 10 years at the helm and second in NCAA Division III history. He ranks 22nd in NCAA history regardless of classification, ahead of Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (76.6%) and Kentucky's John Calipari (76.3%).[1]
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