Georgios Bartzokas

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Georgios Bartzokas
Olympia Larissa
2009–2010Maroussi
2010–2012Panionios
2012–2014Olympiacos
2015–2016Lokomotiv Kuban
2016–2017FC Barcelona
2017–2019Khimki
2020–presentOlympiacos
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

Georgios Bartzokas (alternate spellings: Giorgos, George, Mpartzokas) (

EuroLeague Coach of the Year award three times (2013, 2022, 2023).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
He became the first Greek head coach to win the EuroLeague title, after winning the 2012–13 competition with Olympiacos.[8]

Playing career

Bartzokas played professional basketball in the Maroussi club, before some serious knee injuries (torn right knee ACL, and later torn left knee ACL) ended his career at age 27.

Coaching career

Bartzokas began working as a

Olympia Larissa. That same year with Olympia, he managed to reach the playoffs of the Greek Basket League
for the first time in the club's history. The team finished in 7th place, and repeated their playoffs qualification the next year, during the Greek Basket League 2007–08 season.

In 2009, Bartzokas became the head coach of Maroussi.[9] In 2010, he was named the Greek League Best Coach.[10] He became the head coach of Panionios in 2010.

Bartzokas became the head coach of the Greek

EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2013.[13] He also won the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
with Olympiacos.

On July 5, 2015, Bartzokas signed a 2-year deal with PBC Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague.[14] In the EuroLeague, he coached the team to a first-ever Final Four appearance, after beating FC Barcelona 3–2 in the EuroLeague Playoffs.[15]

On July 8, 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB.[16] After one season, Barcelona parted ways with him.[17] On June 30, 2017, Bartzokas returned to the VTB United League, in order to be the new head coach of the Russian club Khimki. He signed a two-year contract.[18] On January 21, 2019 Bartzokas left Khimki, the contract was terminated.[19]

On January 10, 2020, Barzokas returned to Olympiacos and he signed a 2+1⁄2-year deal. After two months as a head coach the season was canceled due to the pandemic situation. In the 2020-21 season, Bartzokas tried to rebuild the team's roster after Sloukas return, but Olympiacos didn't qualify for the Play-off round of EuroLeague. In the 2021-22 season he won the Greek Cup with Olympiacos. That was his first national trophy. Shortly after he won the Greek Championship. In EuroLeague he qualified with Olympiacos to the Final Four of Belgrade.

Coaching record

Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Maroussi 2009–10 16 6 10 .375 Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Olympiacos
2012–13 31 22 9 .710 Won EuroLeague Championship
2013–14 29 20 9 .690 Eliminated in quarterfinals
Lokomotiv Kuban 2015–16 31 21 10 .677 Won in 3rd place game
Barcelona 2016–17 30 12 18 .400 Eliminated in the regular season
Khimki 2017–18 34 17 17 .500 Eliminated in quarterfinals
Olympiacos 2019–20 10 5 5 .500 Eliminated in Regular Season
2020–21 34 16 18 .471 Eliminated in Regular Season
2021–22 28 19 9 .679 4th place
2022–23 34 24 10 .706 2nd place
Career 277 162 115 .585  

Awards and accomplishments

As a head coach

Titles won

Other honors

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ο «σκακιστής» Μπαρτζώκας υπέγραψε σε σκάκι • Η Άποψη". Η Άποψη (in Greek). 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  2. ^ https://www.sport24.gr/football/o-skakistis-mpartzokas-pire-doro-ena-tavli-apo-ton-panteli-diamantopoylo.10085208.htmlhe
  3. ^ "Οι κινήσεις του «σκακιστή» Μπαρτζώκα που έκριναν την παρτίδα με τον Αταμάν!". Sportal.gr (in Greek). 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ^ "Ο... σκακιστής Μπαρτζώκας δείχνει τον δρόμο προς το Βερολίνο!". gavros.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  5. ^ https://sportday.gr/basket/169584_olympiakos-o-skakistis-ekane-pali-to-thavma-tou.htmlhe
  6. ^ https://redgoal.gr/basket/item/43863-skakistis-bartzokas-kai-ta-magika
  7. ^ https://ground.news/article/here-is-the-chess-player-mythical-obeisance-to-bartzokas-vidhe
  8. ^ Euroleague.net Bartzokas is first Greek coach to win the Euroleague.
  9. ^ Euroleague.net Maroussi names Bartzokas head coach.
  10. ^ George Bartzokas: 2009-10 Greek League Coach of the Year.
  11. ^ Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS finds new coach in Bartzokas.
  12. ^ Euroleague.net Bartzokas is first Greek coach to win the Euroleague.
  13. ^ Euroleague.net Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos.
  14. ^ "Lokomotiv tabs Bartzokas for bench". Euroleague. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Final Four head coach: Georgios Bartzokas, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar". Euroleague. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Georgios Bartzokas is the new man in charge of Barça Lassa". FC Barcelona. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  17. ^ "FC Barcelona, coach Bartzokas part ways". Euroleague.net. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Khimki hires Bartzokas". EuroLeague. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  19. ^ "Khimki Moscow Region, Georgios Bartzokas part ways". BC Khimki. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  20. ^ "European Awards 2013 - Men Basketball". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.

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