He is just the fourth head coach in program history, and has led the Captains to amazing success, including its first three Final Four appearances and the 2023 NCAA Championship.
CNU won 24 straight games from late November until mid-March, the second longest winning streak in school history.
In 2020, the Captains finished 23-6 and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament by recording victories over Colby and Nichols at Steven Institute of Technology in New Jersey.
CNU won four games in the NCAA Tournament, two at the Freeman Center and then two more in a sectional in Clinton, NY., where they ousted NESCAC programs, Hamilton and Williams, on back-to-back nights to reach the Final Four.
His 2015-2016 squad finished with a 30-2 record, setting the new school all-time single season win mark, and advancing to the Final Four for the first time ever.
Krikorian, who enjoyed a very successful four-year stint as the head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, is a native of Auburn, Massachusetts.
The Mariners won the Landmark Conference regular-season and post-season championships that year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
In 1998, Krikorian returned to his passion and accepted the position of graduate assistant basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
His journey then took him to Annapolis, MD, where he spent two years as an assistant at the United States Naval Academy (2004-2006), re-uniting with head coach Billy Lange.