Djoko Radunovic

Djoko was born and raised in Montenegro, Europe and played with V.K. Primorac since the age of 8 for 10 years. During that time his team captured numerous top three finishes including several national titles. He played for the cadet and junior national team of former Yugoslavia and later Montenegro. Djoko finished his senior year of high school at San Bernardino High School where he won athlete of the year award. In the United States Djoko also played for Chris Oeding at LBCC. The team at LBCC managed to capture 2 conference and one state championship. Both years at LBCC Djoko managed to make first team all conference, first team all So Cal, first team All-American, and in his second year was also named South Coast Confernce MVP. He now coaches with the HB Vanguard where he oversees the 10u team as well as Huntington Beach High School where he assists with all Boys’ teams. Djoko lead 10u team to 3rd place finish at JO’s in 2012 and 1st place in 2013.

Recently Djoko returns to Vanguard after living in San Diego for the past 2 years and coaching at the San Diego based club Del Mar Aquatics where he was primarily responsible for the age group and 14u Boys Program. The Age group nearly doubled under Djoko’s watch. We welcome him back to the Vanguard family.

Most recently Djoko led the 14u Boys in capturing the 2018 National Junior Olympic Championship. He also helped the Mater Dei Girls to a Trinity League Championship in 2019 as the Associate Head Coach, and now serves as Mater Dei’s Girl’s Head Coach.