Adam followed his brothers into the pool; Blake also played water polo at UCLA while Jason swam for Cal.

[8] During his senior year in high school, he scored 113 goals and was named honorable mention All-America.

He is tied for first among active men's water polo coaches in NCAA championships won and led both teams to national titles in the same season 3 times (’99-’00, ’00-’01, ’04-’05).

Krikorian has coached five Peter J. Cutino Award winners: Sean Kern (2000 and 2001), Coralie Simmons (2001), Natalie Golda (2005), Kelly Rulon (2007), and Courtney Mathewson (2008).

The award is given to the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players each year.

In October 2011, Adam led the team to the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

[10] On August 19, 2016, Krikorian led the USA women's water polo team to their second straight gold medal as they defeated Italy by a score of 12-5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.