Nico Helin enters his second season as the volunteer goalkeepers coach for Drury in 2025.
During Helin's first season as the goalkeeper's coach, he coached all-GLVC keeper Katy Fitzler. Fitzler led all of NCAA-II in shutouts with 14. Fitzler recorded GLVC's second-best goals-against-average (.565) during the 2024 season.
Helin played for the Drury men's team from 2015-18. Originally from Paris, France, Helin finished his playing career ranked second all-time in saves with 240, seventh in career goals-against-average (1.38), and third in games played at goalie with 62.Â
He went 13-4-4 in 2016 and helped the Panthers to an NCAA-II Tournament appearance and a trip to the third round that season.Â
Helin graduated from Drury in 2019 with a degree in Exercise Physiology. Â
