Ilias Papatheodorou
| Promitheas Patras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Greece (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Kolossos Rodou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Promitheas Patras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ilias Papatheodorou (Greek: Ηλίας Παπαθεοδώρου; born 20 June 1975) is a Greek professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is also the coach of the Swiss national team.
Coaching career
Clubs
Papatheodorou played basketball in the
He then became the head coach of the Greek club Larissaikos, from 2002 to 2004, and also was Markopoulo's head coach from 2004 to 2007.
He became the head coach of the Greek club Nea Kifissia in 2007.[1] With the club, he managed to achieve several league promotions up through the Greek lower leagues, and he led the club to the Greek top-tier level, the Greek Basket League, for the first time in its history, in 2013. He left the club in 2016.
After leaving
On 19 June 2019, Papatheodorou signed a three-year contract with AEK Athens replacing Italian Luca Banchi.[5]
In the summer of 2022, Papatheodorou returned to coaching at a club level and signed with Kolossos Rodou, replacing Ilias Kantzouris. After a relatively successful season with the island club, he moved to Promitheas Patras on May 19, 2023.
Greek junior national team
In 2013, Papatheodorou became the head coach of the Greek Under-18 junior national team.[6] He has also been the head coach of the Greek Under-19 junior national team and the Greek Under-20 junior national team.
Awards and accomplishments
As a head coach
Greek junior national team
- 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
Gold - 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B:
Bronze - 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: Gold
Pro clubs
- Greek 2nd Division Champion: (2013)
- Kazakhstan League Champion: (2017)
- Kazakhstan Cup Winner: (2017)
References
- ^ "Ηλίας Παπαθεοδώρου: Ο άνθρωπος-"συνώνυμο" της Νέας Κηφισιάς. {{in lang|el}}". Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Elias Papatheodorou is Astana's new coach.
- ^ Coach Ilias Papatheodorou (ex Nea Kifisia) agreed terms with Astana.
- ^ Papatheodorou happy to join PAOK
- ^ "Papatheodorou until 2021". aekbc.gr. Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Στην Εθνική Εφήβων ο Παπαθεοδώρου.(in Greek)
External links
- Ilias Papatheodorou at Twitter
- Ilias Papatheodorou at eurobasket.com