Midconfans News 5/17/2006

MEN’S BASKETBALL:Assistant at Valpo headed to DePaul--The Post-Tribune

May 17, 2006

By Mike Hutton / Post-Tribune staff writer

The short tenure of Ivan Vujic as an assistant at Valparaiso University is over.

According to a source in the VU athletic department, Vujic has accepted a position at DePaul to become an assistant under second-year coach Jerry Wainwright.

Vujic, a native of Croatia, replaced Greg Tonagel, who left last summer to take the head job at Indiana Wesleyan.

When reached on the phone in Chicago, Vujic refused comment. Valpo coach Homer Drew was out of town and didn’t return a phone call.

Vujic, a 2000 VU graduate, returned to Valpo to finish up his undergraduate degree. He is going to graduate Saturday. Eventually, the plan was for him to help recruit international players for the Crusaders.

After several years playing basketball overseas, Vujic returned to Croatia to coach before coming to Valpo in August just weeks before the school year started.

Contact Mike Hutton at 648-3139 or mhutton@post-trib.com.