Special season for Vacaville High
The name on the stadium’s scoreboard is a daily reminder to Mike Papadopoulos of just how big and important Tom Zunino was to football at Vacaville High School.
Zunino was a Solano County and Northern California coaching legend, winning five Delta League and four Monticello Empire League titles. He was one of the most successful coaches in the area, compiling a .597 winning percentage (215-145-12) in 37 years as Vacaville’s head coach. He had winning seasons in 26 of those years.
As its athletic director, Zunino oversaw interscholastic sports at Vacaville, with the Bulldogs winning Monticello Empire League “School of the Year” 14 times. In 2010, he was inducted into the inaugural CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame. He was the chairman of the original section football playoff committee.
“He is, and always will be, the biggest mentor person that I’ve looked up to,” Papadopoulos said last week. “I’ve been blessed with inheriting something that was successful long before I got here. There’s just such a strong foundation of how we go about doing things that Tom started such a long time ago.”
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