Argyris Pedoulakis

Argiris Pedoulakis
Αργύρης Πεδουλάκης

Panathinaikos Athens
Position	Head coach
League	Greek Basket League Euroleague
Personal information
Born	(1964-05-26) May 26, 1964 Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1977–1995
Position	Shooting guard
Coaching career	1995–present
Career history
As player:
1977–1986	Peristeri (Greece)
1986–1992	Panathinaikos (Greece)
1993–1995	Peristeri (Greece)
As coach:
1995–1997	Peristeri: Assistant Coach: (Greece)
1997–2004	Peristeri (Greece)
2004–2005	Makedonikos (Greece)
2005–2006	Panellinios (Greece)
2007–2008	Rethymno Aegean (Greece)
2008–2009	PAOK (Greece)
2010	AEK (Greece)
2010–2012	Peristeri (Greece)
2012–present	Panathinaikos (Greece)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 3x Greek League Coach of the Year (2001, 2003, 2013) Greek Cup Champion: (2013) Greek League Champion: (2013)

Argiris Pedoulakis (alternate spellings: Argirios, Argyris, Argyrios) (Greek: Αργύρης Πεδουλάκης; born May 26, 1964 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. His nickname is Artzi. He is currently the head coach of Panathinaikos.

Playing career

Professional clubs

Pedoulakis started his playing career with Peristeri in 1977. In 1986, he moved to Panathinaikos, and he was one of the best Panathinaikos players of his era. He played for Panathinaikos until 1992. In 1993, he returned to Peristeri, and played for them until his retirement in 1995.

Greek national team

Pedoulakis was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that played at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.

Coaching career

In 2001 and 2003, Pedoulakis was named Greek League Coach of the Year. In 2005, he reached the Eurocup Final, while working as the head coach of Makedonikos. In June of 2012, he signed a two year contact to work as the head coach of Panathinaikos, making him the first head coach of the club in the post-Obradović era.

With Panathinaikos, he won the Greek Cup in 2013. In the same year, he coached Panathinaikos to a 3-0 sweep, with a home court disadvantage, of the Greek League Finals, by beating the back-to-back reigning Euroleague champions, Olympiacos.

Awards and accomplishments

Coaching career

• 3x Greek League Coach of the Year: (2001, 2003, 2013)
• Greek Cup Champion: (2013)
• Greek League Champion: (2013)

External links

• FIBA Player Profile
• FIBA Europe Player Profile
• Euroleague Coaching Profile
• Greek Basket League Coaching Profile
• Hellenic Federation Player Profile Template:El icon
• Sigmalive.com Argyris Pedoulakis Biography Template:El icon