Thanasis Skourtopoulos
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 23, 1965 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 1996–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| Dafni | |
| Pagrati | |
| 1983–1991 | AEK Athens |
| As coach: | |
| 2000–2005 | AEK Athens (Assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Panellinios (Assistant) |
| 2006–2008 | Egaleo |
| 2009–2010 | Peristeri |
| 2010–2011 | Panellinios |
| 2011–2012 | Ikaros |
| 2012 | Panionios |
| 2013–2014 | Keravnos |
| 2014–2017 | Greece (Assistant) |
| 2014–2016 | Rethymno |
| 2016–2017 | Apollon Patras |
| 2017–2018 | Faros Larissas |
| 2017–present | Greece |
| 2018 | Panionios |
Athanasios "Thanasis" Skourtopoulos (alternate spelling: Thanassis) (Greek: Αθανάσιος "Θανάσης" Σκουρτόπουλος; born May 23, 1965 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player.
Club playing career
Skourtopoulos played professional basketball with the Greek clubs Dafni, Pagrati, and AEK Athens. He was a member of the AEK Athens team that made it to the Greek Cup Finals, in 1988.
Club coaching career
Some of the clubs Skourtopoulos has been the head coach of include: Egaleo, Peristeri, Panellinios,[1] Ikaros, Panionios, and Keravnos.[2] In 2014, he became the head coach of Rethymno.[3] In 2016, he became the head coach of Apollon Patras. In 2017, he became the head coach of GSL Faros.
On July 1, 2018, Skourtopoulis returned to Panionios.[4]
National team coaching career
Skourtopoulos worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team at the following tournaments: the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the EuroBasket 2015, the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the EuroBasket 2017.
He became the head coach of Greece's senior men's team in October 2017. He first coached Greece at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.
Awards and accomplishments
Assistant coach
- Greek Cup Winner: (2001)
- Greek League Champion: (2002)
References
External links
- 1965 births
- Living people
- AEK B.C. players
- Apollon Patras B.C. coaches
- Dafni B.C. players
- Egaleo B.C. coaches
- Greek basketball coaches
- Greek men's basketball players
- Greece national basketball team coaches
- Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. coaches
- Ikaros B.C. coaches
- Keravnos B.C. coaches
- Pagrati B.C. players
- Panellinios B.C. coaches
- Panionios B.C. coaches
- Peristeri B.C. coaches
- Rethymno B.C. coaches