Ralph Northam attempts to explain "coonman" nickname

"My main nickname was Goose, because when my voice would change, it would change an octave," he said. "There were two individuals, as best I recollect. They were a year ahead of me, they called me [coonman]. I don't know their motives or intent. I know who they are. That was the extent of it. This ended up in the yearbook and I regret that."