Milwaukee Athletics

A coaching veteran of more than 25 years overall, Nikolic was the other key member of the Milwaukee coaching staff that built the Panthers into a powerhouse, serving as the longtime associate head coach under Moynihan.
 
He was instrumental in building Milwaukee women's soccer into the Horizon League's dominant program. From 1994-2011, the Panthers amassed 225 total wins, posted an .850 winning percentage in league play (a stellar 97-15-5) and won 12-straight league championships. The Panthers earned nine NCAA Tournament berths and advanced in three of those seasons. In Nikolic's final campaign (2011) at his alma mater, Milwaukee posted a school-record 19 victories and was ranked as high as 10^th in the NSCAA Top-25 poll, and ninth in Soccer America's national poll.
 
Nikolic was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Great Lakes Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2011 and followed Moynihan to Northwestern, where he spent nine seasons as the associate head coach. He helped the Wildcats earn four straight NCAA Tournament berths from 2015-18, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2016 – the same year the team captured the 2016 Big Ten regular-season championship. He was then hired as the head coach of the UIC women's soccer program prior to the start of the 2021 campaign.