Christopher Newport

In this episode, we get the chance to sit down with Alex Price, from Christopher Newport University who competed in the US Amateur Championship this summer making it all the way to the quarterfinals.  Alex walks us through his experience at the tournament and things surrounding the breakthrough for the Division III star.  We hope you enjoy the episode.

In this podcast, recorded Aug 24, 2022, Jamie talks with one of the brightest college coaches in the game today, Christopher Newport Head Coach Mikey Thompson. Mikey and Jamie discuss his Principles Based Offense, How he gets his players to play for themselves and be in the moment, his principles for Zone Offense,Tony Holler's Feed the Cats program for speed, creating advantages with pick actions and more!

Dan Kaplan and Kyle Devitte go in depth on Christopher Newport's win against Lynchburg, Cabrini's loss to Salisbury,  RIT and the deep Liberty. In DII, what's up with Limestone? Plus, Tampa's debut and more.

In this podcast, Jamie talks to CNU Head Coach Mikey Thompson about his lacrosse journey which led him from the Collegiate School in Richmond to the University of Virginia, the events that occurred during his time at Virginia that shaped his experience there, and how he used them to build culture at CNU, mindfulness and the importance of neutral thinking, free play and its benefits, how he uses competition in practice, his offensive philosophy and what they run at CNU, the importance of filming and breaking down film, his defensive philosophies and buzzwords they use, recruiting and what he is looking for in prospective players!

Political polarization isn’t new. Michael Mulryan, associate professor of French and French literature at Christopher Newport University, tells a tale of the past to show similarities to today’s climate. Michael J. Mulryan an Associate Professor of French and French Literature at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in French and History from Saint Bonaventure University, an MA in Museum Professions from Seton Hall University and an MA and PhD in French Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mulryan’s research focuses on the representation of the marginalized in eighteenth-century European literature and marginalized Europeans’ literary representation of their world. His work unveils how the oppression of social categories leads to revolution and political shifts. He recently co-edited a book on prison escape tales (Bucknell University Press, 2016) and co-edited and co-translated an educational treatise by Louis-Sébastien Mercier (MHRA 2020). His work on Enlightenment literature and culture has appeared in numerous national and international academic journals. He is currently working on a monograph on Mercier’s representation of social injustice in the city of Paris during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Moral Education as a Solution to Social Division and Political Polarization https://academicminute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11-27-20-Christopher-Newport-Moral-Education-as-a-Solution-to-Social-Division-and-Political-Polarization.mp3 Political polarization in western society was just as prevalent over two hundred years ago as it is today. One key figure from the French Revolution sought a solution to the havoc wreaked by such division. Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) was a literary author, journalist, and politician who is best known today for his moving descriptions of daily urban life in Paris during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. He was also a witness and survivor of the violence of the French Revolution, having just escaped the guillotine’s blade for publicly opposing Robespierre and the Jacobins’ political fanaticism. He had always been sympathetic to the laboring poor’s plight but was baffled by their participation in acts of atrocity during the Reign of Terror. He sought both to understand and eliminate the moral void that could have caused such evil. This is why he wrote a treatise on moral education for the people in 1801 at the time of Napoleon’s ascent to power. A colleague and I recently edited and translated this previously unpublished manuscript. Mercier envisioned a public-school system that taught interdisciplinarity, critical thinking but also morality and religion. He wanted students to act morally because it was the right thing to do, and not in order to impress others or because they had ulterior motives. In order to teach this brand of morality, Mercier showed how to apply Immanuel Kant’s ideas on moral philosophy and behavior in a way to make them accessible to a larger public. Mercier’s ultimate goal was to help form a moral citizenry as a vanguard for the survival of a healthy republic. He attempted to demonstrate how we can teach young people to understand the dangers associated with a naïve belief in absolutes, be they religious, philosophical, or political, and the various types of fanaticism that they unleash.  

Jonathan White tells Guy Gordon about a letter that was found from Frederick Douglass.

Chelsie Schweers discusses her amazing collegiate career and all she has learned playing professionally in Greece, Australia, Iceland, and Portugal.

Excited to sit down with Tyler and learn about his HoF dad, how he picked up the javelin, and what goes on to hosting an indoor track meet with 2000+ athletes. Enjoy!

Rachel Bitecofer predicted the exact number of House seats the Democrats would win in the 2018 midterms before any other political analyst and she is already on the record as saying Trump will lose in 2020. Rachel and Roger discuss why Trump won in 2016 and why he likely won't in 2020; why the Democrats won in 2018 (it's not the reason many Democrats think); the truth about independent voters, and more.

John Krikorian has been the men's basketball coach at Christopher Newport University since June of 2010. He is just the fourth head coach in the program's 53-year history, and has led the Captains to amazing success, including its first two Final Four appearances. His squad advanced to the 2015-2016 Final Four in Salem, Va., as well as the 2018-2019 Final Four in Fort Wayne, IN. He has now guided the Captains to the NCAA Tournament a total of six times, including the last four seasons. Krikorian’s coaching resume includes six seasons as an NCAA Division I assistant and 13 as a Division III head coach. His overall head coaching record is 275-95 (.743)Krikorian’s journey to CNU began with a passion for basketball from an early age, and a tremendous work ethic on the court as an athlete and in the classroom as a student. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering in 1996 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he played on the junior varsity basketball team.Following his college days, Krikorian spent two years in the business world working for Princeton Consultants, an information management company in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1998, Krikorian returned to his passion and accepted the position of graduate assistant basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College. After one season at West Virginia Wesleyan, “Coach K” made his first stop at the Merchant Marine Academy as an assistant coach under Billy Lange during the 1999-2000 season. After a season there, he returned to his alma mater for two seasons, working as an assistant at Penn under Fran Dunphy.Krikorian then accepted an assistant position at another Division I program, Lafayette College in Easton, PA. There he assisted Fran O’Hanlon from 2002-2004. 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. His time at Navy came to an end when he was named the head coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 2006, beginning his head coaching career with an amazing four-year transformation of the Mariners before becoming the head coach at CNU.After you’re done listening to this episode please leave us a 5 star rating and review on iTunes and make sure you’re subscribed so you never miss an episode. The Hoop Heads Pod can be found on all the major podcasts apps. Let a friend or coaching colleague know about the show so we can continue to grow the great game of basketball.You’ll want to have your notebook ready as you listen to this episode with John Krikorian from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.Email - john.krikorian@cnu.eduTwitter - @CNUBasketball