California University of Pennsylvania

A 10-year veteran of the Cal U programs, Emedin Sabic was announced as the head coach of the men’s soccer program in July.

Sabic was a four-year player from 2003-06 for the Vulcans under longtime head coach Dennis Laskey, who retired after coaching for nearly three decades. Following his playing career, he served three seasons as an assistant with the women’s soccer program before joining the men’s soccer coaching staff in 2010.

Sabic has been instrumental in Cal U reaching the post-season as both a player and assistant coach. As a player, he twice helped the Vulcans advance to the championship game of the PSAC Tournament and helped the program qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 2004. Sabic has since been an assistant on two teams (women’s 2009, men’s 2011) that qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

Sabic registered double-digit goals and assists while playing over 80 career games with 50-plus starts during his playing career. As a freshman in 2003, Cal U reached the championship game of the league tournament before the program earned the top seed in PSAC Tournament the following year. In 2005, the Vulcans tied the school record with 14 wins and again advanced to the conference title game as the top seed in the tournament.

Originally from Bosnia, Sabic played a pivotal role in the transformation of the women’s soccer program as an assistant coach. Following a four-win campaign in 2007, the Vulcans won a combined 31 games in the next two seasons and qualified for the post-season for the first time in program history. In 2009, Cal U advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament after allowing only one goal in its first three tournament games.

In his second year as an assistant with the men’s soccer program, the Vulcans qualified for the NCAA Tournament and registered its first-ever win in the tournament. That season, Sabic also had the unique distinction of coaching his younger brother, Edin, who received All-PSAC Second-Team status.

Sabic moved to Germany in 1991 and played club soccer in Europe until his family moved to the United States in 1999. He attended Cathedral Prep in Erie, Pa., and helped lead the Ramblers to a state championship in 2001. He was a three-time, first-team all-metro and first-team all-district selection while playing at Prep.

Sabic earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Cal U in 2007 and completed his master’s degree in 2008. He and his wife Micheline were married in late June and reside in Bethel Park, Pa.

He currently holds a “B” license from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).