Jovan Vavic was fired by USC in March 2019 in the wake of his indictment in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
14 Facts About Jovan Vavic
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Jovan Vavic was born in Montenegro, which was then part of Yugoslavia.
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Jovan Vavic grew up in Herceg Novi and emigrated to the United States in 1984.
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Jovan Vavic is a resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
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From 1987 to 1990, Jovan Vavic coached water polo at Palos Verdes High School.
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Jovan Vavic was the head coach of the US water polo team at the 1995 World University Games in 2003.
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Jovan Vavic became a coach at University of Southern California in 1992, and was the head coach of the USC Trojans men's and women's water polo teams.
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Jovan Vavic led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year.
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Jovan Vavic won the National Coach of the Year award 15 times, and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year award 13 times.
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Jovan Vavic's teams won 16 national titles, including 1998,2003,2005, and 2008 with the USC men's water polo teams.
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Jovan Vavic was arrested and indicted in March 2019 in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
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Jovan Vavic was accused of signing two "recruits" who had never actually played competitive water polo, to help the students gain admission to USC, in exchange for $250,000 in bribes from the students' parents.
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Jovan Vavic was fired by USC in the immediate wake of his indictment.
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On September 15,2022, Boston-based US District Judge Indira Talwani overturned Jovan Vavic's convicted and ordered for a new trial to take place.