After Dragosavac, young Džikić assisted subsequent Partizan youth team head coaches Petar Rodić (1992–1993) and Nenad Trajković (1993–1994).

Trajković lasted only a season and Darko Russo took over the head coaching post in summer 2000 while Džikić remained in the assistant role.

In summer 2001 Duško Vujošević returned as Partizan's head coach after ten years away from the club, and Džikić once again continued in his assistant role – contributing to the team's four consecutive Serbia and Montenegro league titles from 2002 to 2005.

A few days after Seattle's summer league participation ended, Džikić went to Salt Lake City to join San Antonio's coaching staff featuring head coach Gregg Popovich in addition to his assistants Mike Brown, Mike Budenholzer, Brett Brown, Joe Prunty, and video coordinator James Borrego.

After completing the 2003–04 season assisting Vujošević at Partizan, Džikić went back for another NBA Summer League stint with San Antonio for three weeks in July 2004 on invitation by the team's head coach Gregg Popovich.

[4] While with the Spurs, the assistant coach continued writing his online column, providing his readers with insider views from the San Antonio Summer League camp.

During his first season at Minnesota, Džikić–working alongside newly named coach Casey's other assistants Johnny Davis, Rex Kalamian, and Vince Taylor–was tasked with working with rookies Rashad McCants and Bracey Wright.

As a result of Casey's firing, Džikić got let go from his assistant coaching role though he stayed with the organization in scouting capacity until the end of the season.

On 7 January 2008, after spending two and half years in the United States, Džikić became head coach of Slovenian team KK Union Olimpija.

The club recorded significant success on the European stage - following the heartbreak of missing out on EuroLeague due to losing versus Galatasaray at the last stage of qualifying tournament, the team responded by making the Eurocup final-four where they lost the semi-final to Valencia before winning the third place match over Spartak Saint Petersburg.

[21] In February 2018, Budućnost won its 5th consecutive, and 11th overall, Montenegrin Basketball Cup, beating KK Mornar Bar 87–83 in the final game.

[23] In April 2018, Budućnost won the ABA League best-of-five finals series 3 games to 1 against the reigning champions Crvena zvezda.

[24] They were thus crowned ABA League champions for the first time in club history and also secured a spot in the 2018–19 EuroLeague, marking their return to the elite European competition after 16 seasons.

The following summer, Džikić – who had in the meantime moved on to coaching Lietuvos rytas at the club level – selected the Serbian under-20 team for the 2012 European under-20 Championship in Slovenia.

Džikić's team continued its domination in the second-round group stage with three more blowout wins, this time over Ukraine, Greece, and Russia.

On 31 December 2013, Džikić got named head coach of the Macedonia national basketball team, succeeding Aleš Pipan in the job.

[34] On 4 January 2024, the same day Džikić was released from his contract with Hapoel Jerusalem, he was named head coach of Georgia's National Team.

[3] Written with irregular frequency, the column continued until November 2007 by which time Džikić had moved on to become the assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves.