2010-11 Coaching Staff

Vujanovic has an extensive soccer background that includes playing semi-professional soccer in Yugoslavia and coaching at the highest levels in Canadian collegiate soccer. With a career spanning over four decades, Vujanovic has established himself as one of the premier coaches in the country having coached the Durham College men’s and women’s soccer programs to provincial and national prominence.

The Oshawa resident began coaching with the Durham College men’s soccer team in 1973 and led the team for 17 seasons. He compiled a dominating overall record of 128-35-7 with a phenomenal winning percentage of .774, leading the Lords to two provincial titles (1980 & 1988). From 1984 to 1989, Durham won six straight divisional titles and OCAA medals. In total, the Lords won an amazing 12 OCAA medals (two gold, five silver and five bronze) under Vujanovic’s leadership.

Vujanovic earned top honors in the country as he was named the inaugural Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) National Coach of the Year when the award was introduced in 1988.

In 1999, Vujanovic returned to the Durham College athletic program as he took on the role as the women’s soccer head coach. The Lords have been dominant over the past ten years as the team has never failed to qualify for the OCAA Championship (final four) while Vujanovic racked up an incredible 119-37-11 overall record as head coach. The Lords have been the pinnacle of collegiate soccer having won five provincial titles (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, & 2007) over the past seven seasons.

Vujanovic achieved legendary status in 1997, as he was inducted into the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class.

Goaltending coach
Goran Bebek

After growing up learning to play the game in Croatia, Bebek came to Canada at the age of 19 and immediately joined the Adria Soccer Club in the Motor City Soccer League. He had plenty of success with Adria as his team went on to win a number of titles and awards. In 1998, Adria won the league championship and Bebek was named MVP and the top goalkeeper.

The following year, the Oshawa Flames, a semi-professional team in the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL) was formed. Bebek was their goaltender under head coach Jens Kraemer for four successful seasons. He would end up finishing his playing career with the Whitby Iroquois Soccer Club in the Toronto & District Division (OSL competitive league), where he had only one loss on his record in the entire season.

Bebek's coaching career began with the Whitby Iroquois soccer club and the Oshawa Kicks. He was the coach of the Whitby rep team for eight seasons, while acting as the goalie coach for the Inter Oshawa (OSL team/2004), on the technical staff for the U18 age group for the Whitby and goalkeeper assistant to the club's head goalkeeper coach.

Assistant Coach
Anthony Whitney

Anthony started his coaching career with the Durham Region Soccer Association as an assistant coach, and quickly moved up the ranks as he was assigned a head coaching job with both the boys and girls program, where he held the position for six years. He worked along side coach Vujanovic with the women's program at Durham College for six seasons as assistant coach, winning four OCAA provincial titles, and a national bronze medal. He remains coaching at various elite soccer academy in Ontario and helps local soccer clubs with high performance fitness soccer training. As a player, he came through the Durham Region soccer program and played at the provincial level as youth. He moved on to play semi-professional and professional soccer in the UK at the adult and youth levels. In North America, he played in CPSL for the Durham Flames, Toronto Olympians and Mississauga Pro, where he was voted the top league defender.

Assistant Coach
Steve Ormonde

Steve Ormonde joins the Ridgebacks coaching staff as an assistant coach for the men's soccer program.

Prior to coming to UOIT, Ormonde spent seven years at Inter Oshawa, where he was the head coach from 2001 to 2007. He helped lead the team to a number of titles including the 2001 Durham Motor City League championship, 2002 OSL district championship, 2003 Sudbury Caruso Club championship and the 2004 OSL provincial championship, In 2005 & 2007, his teams were the OSL Provincial runners-up. He also spent time coaching at the high school level with O'Neill for a single season.

As a player, he played youth soccer with the Olympic Flame, Scarborough Azzuri and Scarborough Blizzard. In high school, he attended Anderson, leading the Raiders to a LOSSA title. He also attended Durham College enrolled in the Business Admin program, leading the Lords to an OCAA bronze medal.

He played men's soccer with Oshawa Italia, Oshawa Portuguese and Inter Oshawa, but reoccurring injuries ended his playing career, pushing him into coaching.

Ormonde now lives in Oshawa and is married with three children.

Strength and Conditioning Coach
Mark Fitzgerald