Kristina “Krikit” Gulics was officially named head coach for ESU’s Acrobatics and Tumbling team on June 22, 2022, and has been the head coach for ESU’s STUNT program since its inception prior to the 2024-25 season.
In the first two years of ESU STUNT, the Warriors have won 11 games, going a combined 22-20 between 2025 and 2026. As the program has developed in its first two seasons, the Warriors have shut out 13 of their opponents in 22 of their wins, including a streak of four straight shutouts in 2025. Gulics leads the Warriors as the sport of STUNT was granted NCAA Championship status in 2026, with the first national championships set to be held in 2027.
In 2024, Gulics continued to take the ESU program to new heights as the Warriors won a program-high five meets while setting school records for total score as well as in the compulsory, acro, pyramid, tumbling, and team events. In the Warriors' first-ever trip to the Lone Star State, ESU defeated East Texas Baptist with a program-high 252.920 points.
In the second season under the direction of Gulics, ESU made more strides as the Warriors earned a trio of victories, set program highs for total score, compulsory, acro, pyramid, toss, tumbling, and team events, and recorded the first perfect 10.0 score. Against nationally-ranked Gannon (4/2), the Warriors posted a 10/10 in the Open Heat of the Pyramid Event and notched the highest point total in school history at 249.380. ESU had 10 student-athletes named to the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) Academic Honor Roll.
In acrobatics and tumbling's inaugural season, Gulics guided the Warriors to ESU to a pair of victories over Stevenson, while eclipsing the 200-point mark in the final two competitions. ESU also had 10 student-athletes named to the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) Academic Honor Roll.
She brings over 15 years of cheerleading coaching experience to the Poconos. A veteran of the United States Navy, Gulics most recently served as the competitive cheer and competitive dance teams coach at Woodbridge High School, along with teaching US History, Facing History, and African American Studies at the school. She has guided Woodbridge to numerous Greater Middlesex Conference titles (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020), New Jersey state titles (2015, 2020, 2021), and a National Cheerleaders Association National Championship (2016).
Before joining the Warrior family, Gulics assisted Montclair State’s cheerleading staff as the lead competitive stunt coach and head fundraising coordinator.
Gulics is an executive board member for the N.J. State Cheer and Dance Coaches Association. She is also a coach and representative for Cheer Hawaii USA, which hosts a college preparatory summer program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa each summer.
A native of Red Oak, Texas, outside of Dallas, Gulics currently resides in Blairstown, N.J., with her husband, Dan, who is also a US Navy Veteran, and their daughter, Taylor. Her son Patrick is currently a US Navy Sailor.
