Featured Inductee: Vaso Vujanovic - Soccer

Year Inducted: 2022
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Vaso Vujanovic:
Oshawa resident Vaso Vujanovic, a coaching giant on the collegiate and university soccer scene.Vujanovic has an extensive soccer background that dates back to his native Yugoslavia, where he played semi-professionally. He began coaching at Durham College in 1973 and led the men’s team for 17 seasons, compiling an overall record of 128-35-7 for a phenomenal winning percentage of .774, while winning 12 OCAA provincial medals, including two gold and CCAA national bronze medal. Vujanovic won the inaugural CCAA national coach of the year award in 1988.Vujanovic returned to the Durham College athletic program in 1999 to take on the role as head coach of the women’s team. The Lords were dominant for the next decade, racking up an incredible record of 119-37-11 and winning five provincial championships in a seven-year span between 2002 and 2007 and one CCAA national bronze medal.Vujanovic later became the first coach of the men’s soccer team at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in 2009 and laid the groundwork toward building a perennial contender for the Ridgebacks program. The field where both the Ridgebacks and Lords play is now named Vaso’s Field in his honour.Vujanovic has also been active in the Durham Region soccer community as a coach and executive member. He has coached teams of both genders and various age groups, and was involved in the Durham Region Soccer Association on the executive level for many years.