Argyris Pedoulakis

Argyris Pedoulakis
Αργύρης Πεδουλάκης
Peristeri
Position	Head coach
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	May 26, 1964 (age 60); Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1983–1995
Position	Shooting guard
Number	10, 9
Coaching career	1995–present
Career history
As player:
1983–1986	Peristeri
1986–1992	Panathinaikos
1993–1995	Peristeri
As coach:
1995–1997	Peristeri (assistant)
1997–2004	Peristeri
2004–2005	Makedonikos
2005–2006	Panellinios
2007–2008	Rethymno Aegean
2008	PAOK
2010	AEK
2010–2012	Peristeri
2012–2014	Panathinaikos
2014	UNICS
2016	Panathinaikos
2018–present	Peristeri
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach:; Greek League champion (2013); 2× Greek Cup winner (2013, 2014); 3× Greek League Best Coach (2001, 2003, 2013);

Argyris Pedoulakis (alternate spellings: Argirios, Argiris, Argyrios) (Greek: Αργύρης Πεδουλάκης; born May 26, 1964) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach.

Playing career

Club career

Pedoulakis started playing youth basketball with the youth clubs of Peristeri in 1977. He made his professional debut with Peristeri in 1983. 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 Nikas 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 Best Coach. In 2005, he reached the EuroCup Final, while working as the head coach of Makedonikos. In June 2012, he signed a two-year contract to work as the head coach of Panathinaikos, making him the first head coach of the club in the post-Obradović era.^[1]^[2]

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.

On July 27, 2014, Pedoulakis signed a one-year contract to be the head coach of the Russian VTB United League team UNICS.^[3] He left due to poor results in November 2014.^[4] On 20 April 2016, Pedoulakis signed again with Panathinaikos, for the rest of the season.^[5] He resigned as Panathinaikos' head coach in October 2016.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS hands reins to Pedoulakis.
^ Pedoulakis’ era at PAO. Archived July 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Unics Kazan tabs Pedoulakis for bench". euroleague.net. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ Unics Kazan fires Argyris Pedoulakis, hires Evgeny Pashutin.
^ Panathinaikos name Argyrys Pedoulakis head coach.
^ Pedoulakis resigns as Panathinaikos coach.
^ Argiris Pedoulakis resigned from Panathinaikos.

External links

Template:Greece Squad 1986 FIBA World Championship

[1] Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS hands reins to Pedoulakis.

[2] Pedoulakis’ era at PAO. Archived July 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Unics Kazan tabs Pedoulakis for bench". euroleague.net. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[4] Unics Kazan fires Argyris Pedoulakis, hires Evgeny Pashutin.

[5] Panathinaikos name Argyrys Pedoulakis head coach.

[6] Pedoulakis resigns as Panathinaikos coach.

[7] Argiris Pedoulakis resigned from Panathinaikos.

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