# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-vacendak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:19:41.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-vacendak"
name: "Steve Vacendak"
slug: "steve-vacendak"
description: "Stephen T. Vacendak is an American former basketball player and coach. He originally came from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was recruited by Vic Bubas to play as a guard for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. As a guard for the team he led Duke to a 72–14 record and two Final Four appearances during his three-year varsity career. In 1966 he was captain of his basketball team, ACC Player of the Year, and on the All-ACC Tournament team. Despite being named player of the year, Vacendak was not named to the All-ACC team in 1966."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Vacendak_portrait%2C_Chanticleer_1965.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1944-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.670842666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vacendak"
    title: "Steve Vacendak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ستيف فاسينداك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ستيف فاسينداك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Вакендак, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Vacendak"
    title: "Stephen Vacendak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vacendak"
    title: "Steve Vacendak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3973221"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump