Medicine Hat College coach Damir Omerovic guides twin sons on Rattlers soccer teams
The Rattlers men's and women's soccer squads are off to mixed starts this season as head coach Damir Omerovic works to balance family ties with team leadership.
Medicine Hat College soccer coach Damir Omerovic is coaching his twin sons, Irman and Kenan Omerovic, this season as he leads both the men's and women's Rattlers programs. Omerovic has coached the twins since their youth soccer days, from U4 through U17, and says watching them now compete at the collegiate level is a privilege that comes with unique challenges.
On the field, Omerovic said he works to treat his sons the same as any other player, maintaining a clear separation between their roles as father and sons off the pitch and coach and athletes on it. He credited their years of playing under him in youth soccer with helping all three navigate that dynamic.
Both Rattlers programs are early in the season and working to find consistency. The men's team opened 0-3, losing twice to Concordia University of Edmonton before falling 2-1 to Lethbridge Polytechnic on Aug. 30. The women's team sits at 2-2, having dropped their opener 1-0 to Concordia, beaten Lakeland College 2-1 and the University of Alberta-Augustana 4-2, before losing 1-0 to Lethbridge Polytechnic on the same day.
Omerovic said both rosters have strong depth with returning players and newcomers, and he believes the teams have the potential to make a deep playoff run if they can make quick corrections during the short season.
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