Dejan Čikić started working as a professional basketball coach for youth teams in 2000. In 2011 he gained FIBA license and FIBA EUROPE COACHING CERTIFICATE. For past 10 years he’s responsible for one of the best youth basketball programs in Slovenia - Helios Domžale. He’s also involved in Slovenian basketball federation programs, working like assistant and head coach of Slovenian U18 and U16 national teams. He was named “Slovenian coach of the year for youth categories” for five times in last ten years, voted by all the Slovenian coaches. He’s open to share his knowledge with other coaches. As a basketball coach he has a mission to inspire as much kids for the sport as possible. That is why he hold lectures at a lot of coaching clinics in Slovenia and abroad.