[2] Among his teammates were Junior Bridgeman, who later played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and Tim Stoddard, who played basketball at North Carolina State University and went on to have success as a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, winning a World Series with the Baltimore Orioles in 1983.

[1][3] Trgovich played college basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

[5] In 1974–75, Trgovich helped lead UCLA to another NCAA championship, facing off against his old high school teammate Bridgeman in the national semifinals.

[8] Trgovich coached East Chicago Central High School to the Indiana AAAA state championship in 2007.

[10] Trgovich returned to East Chicago Central, where he coached for two seasons from 2015 to 2017 before resigning after a playoff loss in 2017.