Nick Janoulis won a state wrestling title for Druid Hills School at the inaugural Georgia High School Association (GHSA) state wrestling tournament in 1958. He was also the Georgia state Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) champion from 1957 to 1959 and four times earned AAU All-America honors.

He attended North Georgia College (now the University of North Georgia) before transferring to the University of Georgia, where he earned his bachelor's degree in education. Janoulis then earned his master's degree in education from Georgia State University.

Janoulis dedicated 35 years to shaping young minds and mentoring athletes across the DeKalb County School System.

He began his distinguished career at Gordon High School, where he taught and served as a football coach and head wrestling coach from 1965 to 1972. He then joined the faculty at Lakeside High School, where he spent the remainder of his tenure teaching social studies and serving as head wrestling coach, as well as coaching football, track, and soccer until his retirement in 1998.

Under his leadership, the 1997 Lakeside wrestling team captured the Georgia Class AAA state championship, a milestone that earned Janoulis coach of the year honors from DeKalb County, Georgia Class AAA, and USA Wrestling Georgia.

Janoulis was inducted into the Lakeside High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.