Kristina “Krikit” Gulics was officially named head coach for ESU’s Acrobatics and Tumbling team on June 22, 2022 after serving as interim last season. She also enters her fourth year as the head coach in 2024-25.
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 as well as 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 of 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 an National Cheerleaders Association National Championship (2016).
Prior to 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.
