Nikos Stavropoulos

Nikos Stavropoulos
Personal information
Born	June 17, 1959 (age 64); Olympia Larissa
Career highlights and awards
	As a player: FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1991); Greek League champion (1992); Greek Cup winner (1984); Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (1984);
Men's Basketball
Representing Greece
EuroBasket
Head coach
Mediterranean Games
Albert Schweitzer U-18 World Tournament

Nikolaos "Nikos" Stavropoulos (

coach. During his club playing career, at a height of 1.96 m (6'5") tall, Stavropoulos played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. During his playing career, Stavropoulos was known for his dazzling passing skills, and his spectacular play-making ability, which garnered him the nickname "Magic", or "Greek Magic", after NBA player Magic Johnson, who played during the same era, and was also known for his dazzling passes and play-making ability.^[1]

Stavropoulos is the first player to make a 3-point basket in the Greek League, after the 3-point shot was first introduced into the league, in the 1984–85 season.^[1]

Playing career

Club career

Stavropoulos began his

Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer

without 25 points.

With PAOK, he also won the European-wide secondary level

Iraklis Thessaloniki

.

National team career

Stavropoulos was also a long-time member of the senior men's

games with Greece, and averaged 5.2 points per game.^[4]

Coaching career

After he ended his playing career, Stavropoulos became an assistant

Olympia Larissa

.

Managerial career

Stavropoulos also worked as the general manager of the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.^[2]

Personal life

Stavropoulos was born in Larissa, Greece, on 17 June 1959. After his playing career, Stavropoulos opened up his well-known basketball camp called, "Magic Basketball Camp".^[5] At his basketball camp, he often worked with legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, whom he had also previously worked for as an assistant coach, on the Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball Team, from 1994 to 1997.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Greece in Good Hands With Stavropoulos". FIBA Europe. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b GENERAL MANAGER Nikos Stavropoulos.
^ "STORIES - Onsports.gr" Η πρώτη "χρυσή" σελίδα για την Ελλάδα. (in Greek). onsports.gr. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ "Nikos Stavropoulos player profile" (in Greek). Hellenic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ "Magic Basketball Camp -- Coach Nikos Stavropoulos" Προπονητής. (in Greek). magic-camp.com. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

External links

[u20coach-1] "Greece in Good Hands With Stavropoulos". FIBA Europe. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[GENERAL_MANAGER_Nikos_Stavropoulos-2] GENERAL MANAGER Nikos Stavropoulos.

[3] "STORIES - Onsports.gr" Η πρώτη "χρυσή" σελίδα για την Ελλάδα. (in Greek). onsports.gr. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[4] "Nikos Stavropoulos player profile" (in Greek). Hellenic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[5] "Magic Basketball Camp -- Coach Nikos Stavropoulos" Προπονητής. (in Greek). magic-camp.com. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

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