Chris Harper enters his second season as the associate head coach for The Apprentice School men's basketball program, bringing decades of coaching experience at the high school, college and AAU levels. He is also the athletic director at Peninsula Catholic High School.
Harper returns to the Builders after serving on the women's basketball staff in 2008-09. His college coaching career also includes stints as head women's coach at Virginia Peninsula Community College, assistant women's coach at Stratford University (2018) and assistant women's coach at Christopher Newport University (2011-12).
At the high school level, Harper coached at Denbigh, Grafton and Tabb high schools, and he has worked with numerous AAU programs. At Grafton, he compiled a 76-47 record, and in his final season, the team went 21-9, won the District and Regional tournaments, and made the school's first state tournament appearance.
A native of Virginina Beach, Harper played football and basketball at First Colonial High School before attending Christopher Newport University, where he was an All-Conference track and field athlete. He graduated from CNU in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in recreation and leisure studies and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
