Vladimir Mickic Named Mercyhurst University Graduate Assistant Coach
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Former St. Francis Brooklyn College and Gannon University men’s water polo athlete Vladimir Mickic will join the men’s and women’s water polo staff of Mercyhurst University head coach Blair MacDougall as a graduate assistant coach.
A native of Subotica, Serbia, and a graduate of Nikola Tesla High School, he began his intercollegiate career in New York.
A 2019 All-Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) at St. Francis Brooklyn for tallying 52 goals and drawing 69 exclusions during a 19-14 season for the Terriers, Mickic transferred to Gannon prior to the 2020 season following the elimination of varsity athletics at SFC.
In 2021 during a COVID-19 shortened winter season, he scored 20 goals to accompany two assists, three steals and 18 drawn exclusions during a 7-2 campaign which saw him earn All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC)-West Region First Team recognition. Later that same year during the Fall 2020 season, he notched 34 goals, dished out three assists and grabbed six steals to garner All-MAWPC-West Region Second Team honors in helping the Golden Knights post a 14-10 mark.
During the 2022 season, he tacked on 48 goals, three assists, four steals and 55 drawn exclusions as Gannon finished 9-17.
He concluded his tenure as an athlete in 2023 as part of the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) as he racked up 28 goals, six assists, 14 steals and 50 drawn exclusions during a 12-10 season to post WWPA All-Conference Honorable Mention notice.
