Northwestern head men basketball trainer Bill Carmody has announced. The addition of Ivan Vujic to the Wildcats human resources as an assistant coach. Vujic comes to NU after most recently serving as the Director of Basketball Operations at DePaul University the past two years. He begins his August 1.
My organization and I are very wound up to welcome Ivan to our timetable, Carmody said. I know he is motivated about the chance to move into a full-time assistant schooling position and I accept as true his addition will pay in recruiting as well as on the floor. He has learned from two coaches I have profound deference for in Coach Homer Drew and Coach Jerry Wainwright and they not say enough good belongings about him. I look forward to observing Ivan drip his work ethic and severity in our talented big kids as well as the rest of the team.
A intrinsic of Split, Croatia, Vujic played collegiate at Valparaiso University from 1998-2000. He heart for the Crusaders for two seasons, 10.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while selection lead the team to a pair of Mid-Continent Conference routine time and tourney titles and two succeeding NCAA event appearances. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts step with a inconsequential in touchable edification from Valparaiso in 2006.
Before joining the Crusaders, Vujic played two at Vincennes (Ind.) University from 1996-98. Vujic was designated a fourth-team Junior College All-American by Street & Smiths Basketball Magazine before his succeeding term at Vincennes.
Upon the completion of his scholastic career, Vujic four licensed seasons in Europe and Puerto Rico before teaching the B.C. Dubrava-Zagreb club team. He then to Valparaiso where he served as an assistant instructor for the 2005-06 spell before disbursements the past two at DePaul.
Speaking for every man jack in the DePaul community, I like to congratulate Ivan on his scheduled time as a full-time assistant tutor to Bill Carmodys force at Northwestern University, said DePaul head teacher Jerry Wainwright. Ivan has an wonderful future in the coaching profession and we all wish him the best.
