Olympiacos Extends Giorgos Bartzokas' Contract Until 2026

Olympiacos has officially announced the extension of head coach Giorgos Bartzokas' contract, ensuring his leadership of the team until the summer of 2026. The 59-year-old coach had one year remaining on his previous deal, but the club decided to secure his expertise for an additional two years.

Bartzokas is celebrated as one of the top Greek coaches, having led Olympiacos to numerous triumphs, including a EuroLeague victory in 2013. During his recent tenure, he has guided the team to three consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours in Belgrade (2022), Kaunas (2023), and Berlin (2024). Under his guidance, Olympiacos has also clinched two Greek championships (2022, 2023), three Greek Cups (2022, 2023, 2024), and two Super Cups (2022, 2023).

Bartzokas' association with Olympiacos began in June 2012, marking the start of a highly successful period. In the 2012-13 season, he led the team to a EuroLeague championship, making history as the first Greek coach to win the title. He was named EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2013 and also secured the FIBA Intercontinental Cup the same year.

His coaching career began at a young age of 22 while still playing club basketball. He spent several years as the assistant coach to Panagiotis Giannakis at Maroussi before signing on as the head coach of Olympia Larissa in 2006. With Olympia, he achieved the club's first-ever playoffs appearance in the Greek Basket League, finishing 7th place and repeating the feat the following season.

In 2009, Bartzokas became the head coach of Maroussi and was named the Greek League Best Coach in 2010. He then took the helm at Panionios before joining Olympiacos in 2012. After his initial stint with Olympiacos, Bartzokas coached Lokomotiv Kuban, leading them to their first-ever EuroLeague Final Four appearance. He also had a brief tenure with FC Barcelona and a return to the VTB United League with Khimki.

Bartzokas' return to Olympiacos in January 2020 marked a new chapter. Despite the 2020-21 season being disrupted by the pandemic, he focused on rebuilding the team's roster. The following seasons saw Olympiacos achieve significant national and international success, including another Greek Cup victory in 2021 and a series of titles in 2022 and 2023.

Olympiacos' decision to extend Bartzokas' contract reflects their confidence in his ability to lead the team to further success. The club's management expressed their enthusiasm, highlighting his integral role in the team's achievements and his potential to steer them to new heights. As the longest-serving coach in Olympiacos' basketball history, Bartzokas continues to build on his legacy, aiming for even greater accomplishments in the upcoming seasons.

Giorgos Sigalas Appointed Head Coach of Kolossos Rodou

Giorgos Sigalas, known as "Rambo," is set to take the helm as head coach of Kolossos Rodou, succeeding Curro Segura. This appointment marks Sigalas' debut as a head coach in the Basket League. Sigalas returns to Kolossos after two years as an assistant coach under Giannis Kastritis at Aris BC. Previously, he was part of the coaching staff at Kolossos Rodou from 2020 to 2022, working with Ilias Kantzouris.

Kolossos Rodou Announcement:

"Kolossos Rodou BC is pleased to announce the agreement with coach Giorgos Sigalas, who will lead our team for the next three years. Sigalas returns to our team after serving as an assistant coach from 2020 to 2022. He moved to Thessaloniki to assist Giannis Kastritis at Aris. As a head coach, Sigalas led the Greek National U20 team in 2008 and has also coached Ermis Lagkada (2008/09) and Aigaleo (2014). We are confident that Sigalas' experience and knowledge will significantly contribute to our team's development and success in the coming years. We look forward to achieving our goals together with Giorgos and leading Kolossos to new triumphs."

 

Managerial Career Highlights

Greek National U20 Team (2008): Sigalas began his head coaching career with the Greek National U20 team in 2008.

Ermis Lagkada (2008-2009): He then moved on to coach Ermis Lagkada for the 2008/09 season.

Aigaleo (2014): In 2014, Sigalas took charge of Aigaleo, gaining further experience as a head coach.

Kolossos Rodou (2020-2022): From 2020 to 2022, Sigalas served as an assistant coach at Kolossos, working alongside Ilias Kantzouris.

Aris BC (2022-2024): He then joined Aris BC as an assistant coach under Giannis Kastritis, contributing to the team's strategies and performance.

Georgios Limniatis Appointed Head Coach of Peristeri BC

Peristeri BC has officially announced Georgios Limniatis as their new head coach for the 2024-2025 season. Limniatis, who has previously coached Lavrio Megabolt and Maroussi, will be stepping in to replace Vassilis Spanoulis.

Official Announcement

In their statement, Peristeri bwin expressed their enthusiasm for the new appointment: "We are pleased to announce the beginning of our collaboration with Georgios Limniatis for the 2024-2025 season. The 53-year-old coach will lead our team in achieving our goals."

Limniatis' Statement

Upon signing his contract, Limniatis shared his excitement and vision for the team: "I want to thank the management of Peristeri bwin and Filippos Kotsis for the honor of entrusting me with the leadership of such a historic team. I am thrilled with the opportunity to build a team that will be attractive to basketball fans and the supporters of Peristeri. We will do everything to meet the club's expectations, and I can promise that we will create a team where the 'we' will surpass the 'I.' We will fight for every possession on the court and represent the character of the city. At the same time, we will strive to play modern basketball combined with victories to achieve our goals.".

Argyris Pedoulakis is the new head coach of Panathinaikos

Argyris Pedoulakis is the new head coach of Panathinaikos. The 55-year-old Greek coach returns to Panathinaikos for the third time as a head coach. Pedoulakis had played for Panathinaikos from 1986 until 1992 and was the head coach of the team in 2012 (until 2014) and 2016. Pedoulakis had a great season with Peristeri leading the team to the second place in the Basketleague Greece, where they lost against Panathinaikos in the Finals, and in the Basketball Champions League.

Giannis Kastritis is the new head coach of Iraklis

Giannis Kastritis is the new head coach of Iraklis. The 37-year-old Greek coach debuted as a head coach in the Basket League with Arkadikos and has also coached Trikala, Kymi, and Aris. Kastritis replaces Mexas who helped Iraklis to get promoted in the Basketleague after eight years.

Ilias Zouros is the new head coach of Peristeri

Ilias Zouros is the new head coach of Peristeri. The 53-years-old Greek coach returns to Greece after nine years and replaces Argyris Pedoulakis who moved to Panathinaikos. Zouros started his career as a head coach with Olympiacos and has also worked for Peristeri, Aris, Panellinios in Greece, for Sagesse Beirut in Lebanon (where he won the Lebanese Championship and the FIBA Asia Champions Cup), in France with Paris Basket Racing, in Lithuania with Zalgiris, in Turkey with Anadolu Efes and Tofas, and in Montenegro with Buducnost. Zouros has also worked as the head coach of the men's national team of Greece and Georgia.  

Soulis Markopoulos is Aris new head coach

Soulis Markopoulos is Aris new head coach. The 70-year-old Greek will coach Aris for the fourth time in his career almost 20 years after he last worked with the club.Markopoulos has worked as the head coach of all major basketball teams from Thessaloniki, PAOK, Aris, Iraklis, Makedonikos, and for AEK and Maroussi. He counts 702 games and 339 wins in the top tier league of Greece, first in games and third in wins, behind Ioannidis and Obradovic.

Elias Papatheodorou is the new head coach of AEK BC

Elias Papatheodorou is the new head coach of AEK BC. The 44-year-old Greek coach will penned a two-years contract with AEK that will be the third Greek club he will work as head coach. Papatheodorou has worked as head coach for Larisaikos, Markopoulo, Nea Kifisia, and PAOK in Greece and Astana in Kazakhstan. With Astana Papatheodorou won both the domestic championship and the cup. Papatheodorou has also worked as the head coach of Greece U18, U19, U20 men national teams.

Giannis Kastritis is Aris new coach

Giannis Kastritis is Aris new coach. The 36-year-old Greek coach debuted as a head coach in the Basket League with Arkadikos and has also coached Trikala and Kymi. Kastritis started this season with Kymi but resigned in November. Kastritis replaces Angelou who was released by the club.

Aris and Vangelis Angelou part ways

Aris and Vangelis Angelou part ways. The 56-years-old Greek coach leaves the club with a 2-7 record and without a home win after four games. Aris announced Giannis Kastritis as the new head coach.

Flevarakis is the new head coach of Kolossos

Kostas Flevarakis is the new head coach of Kolossos Rodou. The 49-year-old Greek coach returns to Greece after two seasons to replace Vetoulas at the bench of Kolossos. Flevarakis has managed PAOK, AEK, Panellinios, Makedonikos, Ilisiakos, Trikala, and Rethymno in Greece, Akropol in Sweden, Braunschweig in Germany, Keravnos Strovolou in Cyprus, Koszalin in Poland, and Astana in Kazhakstan.

Nikos Vetoulas and Kolossos Rodou part ways

Nikos Vetoulas and Kolossos Rodou part ways. The 44-year-old Greek coach parted ways with the club after six games with a 1-5 record. Vetoulas has already agreed terms with Ionikos Nikaias.

Vangelis Ziagos is Rethymno's new coach

Vangelis Ziagos is Rethymno's new coach. The 42-year-old Greek coach started this season in Cyprus as the head coach of APOEL but he parted ways with the club earlier this month. Ziagos started his coaching career with AEK and has also managed Doxa Lefkadas, Panionios, and Al Riyadhi. Ziagos replaced Mykoniatis at Rethymno with the club having a 0-6 record this season.

Giannis Kastritis resigns from Kymi

Giannis Kastritis resigns from Kymi. The 36-year-old Greek coach resigned after the defeat from Promitheas. Kastritis joined Kymi in 2017 and in his first season managed to get Kymi in the playoffs for the first time in the club's history. This season Kymi has a 1-6 record. In 2015 Kastritis became the youngest ever coach of the BasketLeague Greece when he coached Arkadikos and in 2016 he moved to Trikala.

Nikos Oikonomou is Panionios new coach

Nikos Oikonomou is the new coach of Panionios. The 45-year-old Greek coach returns to the club after the season 2016-2017 when he led the team to the promotion from A2 League to BasketLeague. Oikonomou has worked as the head coach of Spata, Ionikos Neas Filadelfias, Ikaroi Serron, Livadia, Ionikos Nikaias, and Apollon Patras but this will be the first time he will coach a team at the top tier league. Oikonomou replaces Fragias who replaced Chougaz who replaced Skourtopoulos.

Panionios and coach Fragias part ways

Panionios and coach Vasilis Fragias part ways. The 57-year-old Greek coach joined Panionios less than a month ago to replace Chris Chougaz but asked to leave the club for personal reasons. Brandon Wood who was released by the club after speaking bad about Fragias is set to return to the club.

Stavros Mykoniatis steps down from Rethymno

Mykoniatis steps down from Rethymno. The 47-year-old Greek coach will no longer be the head coach of the team but continues with Rethymno in the scout team. Mykoniatis became the head coach of Rethymno after working 9 years as the assistant coach. Vangelis Ziagkos replaced Mykoniatis.

Vasilis Fragias is Panionios' new coach

Vasilis Fragias is Panionios' new coach. The 57-year-old Greek coach replaces Chris Chougaz who had replaced Thanasis Skourtopoulos in September. Fragias started his coaching career with Pagrati and has also worked for Peristeri, Sporting, Ilisiakos, Vyzantinos AO, Olympia Larisas, Ario, AE Lemesou (Cyprus), Dafni, Kolossos Rodou, Keravnos Strovolou (Cyprus), Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukraine), and most recently was the head coach of the Qatar national team.

Panionios and coach Chougaz part ways

Panionios and coach Chris Chougaz part ways. The 50-year-old Greek Egyptian coach mutually agreed to leave Panionios after two months with a 1-3 record in the Basket League Greece. The club announced that Vasilis Fragias replaced Chougaz. 

Chris Chougaz is Panionios new coach

Chris Chougaz is Panionios new coach. The 50-year-old Greek Egyptian returns to Panionios for the third time as coach. Chougaz has played in Panionios in 1992 and he became the club's assistant coach in 2005. In January 2015 Chougaz replaced Vangelis Alexandris and became the head coach of the club until the end of the season. Chougaz now replaces Thanasis Skourtopoulos who had agreed terms with the club but parted ways after the club changed ownership. Besides Panionios Chougaz has worked as head coach for Kavala, Iraklis, OFI BC, Apollon Limassol, Österreich Oberwart Gunners, and USK Prag.