Category | Coach Date of Birth | 28.10.1924 Date of Death | 12.03.2020 Country | Serbia
Clubs
Yugoslavian National Team: 1951-1965 and 1977-1978
Partizan Belgrade: 1959-1960
OKK Belgrade: 1961-1963 and 1967-1968
Petrarca Padova: 1965-1967
Ignis Varese: 1969-1973
Red Star Belgrade: 1973-1974
Fortitudo Bologna: 1974-1976
Borac Cacak: 1978-1980
Virtus Bologna: 1981-1982
Carrera Venezia: 1982-1983
Scavolini Pesaro: 1983-1984
Australian Udine: 1984-1985
As a player: Partizan Belgrade (1945-1946), Red Star Belgrade (1947-1949), Zeleznicar Cacak (1949-1950) and BSK Belgrade (1950-1951). 3 times Champion of the Yugoslavian League (1947, 1948 and 1949). Also, 10 appearances with the Yugoslavian National Team as a player
Club Highlights
3 times Champion of the European Cup for Men's Champion Clubs (current Euroleague): 1970, 1972 and 1973
Champion of the 1974 European Cup Winner's Cup
Champion of the 1963 Yugoslavian League
Champion of the 1962 Yugoslavian Cup
3 times Champion of the Italian League: 1970, 1972 and 1973
3 times Champion of the Italian Cup: 1970, 1971 and 1973
2 times Champion of the Intercontinental Cup: 1970 and 1973
National Team
15 years (1951-1965 and 1977-1978) as head coach of the Yugoslavian National Team
World Champion in Manila 1978
Silver medalist in the 1963 World Championship in Rio de Janeiro
European Champion in the 1977 World Championship in Liege
2 times Silver medalist in European Championships: Belgrade 1961 and Moscow 1965
Bronze medalist in the 1963 European Championship in Wroclaw
Individual Highlights
Leader of Yugoslavia's School of Physical Education (Yugoslavian School of Basketball), Nikolic is known as the 'Father of Yugoslavian Basketball' or simply as 'The Professor'
FIBA Order of Merit in 1995