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Miroslav Nikolić
Personal information
Born	8 January 1956 (age 68); Kragujevac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
NBA draft	1978: undrafted
Playing career	1974–1990
Position	Head coach
Number	5, 12
Coaching career	1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1991	Maribor
1991–1992	Dynamic
1992–1993	KK Goša
1993–1994	Radnički Kragujevac
1994–1996	BFC Beočin
1996–1998	Partizan
1998–2000	Budućnost
2001	KK Crvena zvezda
2001–2002	Radnički Belgrade
2002	Crvena zvezda
2002–2003	NIS Vojvodina
2003–2004	Apollon Patras
2004–2005	Budućnost
2005–2008	Hemofarm
2008–2009	Avtodor Saratov
2009	EKA AEL
2009–2014	Radnički Kragujevac
2016–2017	Dynamic
2017	Partizan
2017–2018	Dynamic
2020–2022	Vojvodina
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach: 3× YUBA League champion (1997, 1999, 2000); 2× Serbian League Cup winner (2017, 2021);
Men's basketball
Head Coach for Serbia
U19 World Championship
Head Coach for Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship

Miroslav "Muta" Nikolić (Serbian: Мирослав Николић; born 8 January 1956) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

Playing career

Nikolić played professional basketball for KK Goša from Smederevska Palanka, OKK Beograd, Vršac, IMT, Maribor and Radnički Kragujevac.^[1]^[2]

Coaching career

Nikolić started his coaching career in 1990. He coached Maribor, Radnički Kragujevac (est. 1950), IMT Beograd, BFC Beočin, Partizan, Budućnost, Crvena zvezda, NIS Vojvodina, Apollon Patras, Hemofarm, Avtodor Saratov, Radnički Kragujevac (est. 2009) and Dynamic.^[3]

National team coaching career

Nikolić was an assistant coach of Yugoslavia national team under Željko Obradović between 1996 and 1998. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and, two gold medals later, at the 1997 European Championship in Spain and the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece.^[2]

In 2006, Nikolić was the head coach of the Serbia and Montenegro under-20 national team, with whom he won a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Turkey. In 2007, he was the head coach of the Serbia under-19 national team, with whom he won a gold medal at the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Serbia.^[2]

In 2009, he was appointed as head coach of EuroChallenge powerhouse, Proteas EKA AEL. He was brought on late in the season in what was to be AEL's most recent attempt to be crowned with the imminently approaching 2008–09 EuroChallenge, as the club had already qualified for that season's Final Four in Bologna. Ultimately the Serb was unable to bring glory to the Cypriot club, as AEL lost to Virtus Bologna by 83–69 in the semi-finals. AEL subsequently went on to also lose the consolation final to Triumph Lyubertsy by 94–82.^[4]

Between 2014 and 2019, Nikolić was an assistant coach of Serbia national team under Aleksandar Đorđević. He also has two silver medals from the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[5]