Dimitrios Priftis

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Dimitris Priftis
Δημήτρης Πρίφτης
Panathinaikos
PositionHead coach
LeagueGreek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1968-10-27) October 27, 1968 (age 53)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Career history
As coach:
1998–2000Esperides Kallitheas women's team
2001–2002Dafni (assistant)
2002–2003Ionikos Nikaias (assistant)
2003–2009AEK (assistant)
2008–2012Greece (assistant)
2009–2010Aris (assistant)
2010–2012Kavala
2012–2013Ikaros Kallitheas
2013–2014Kolossos Rodou
2014Panathinaikos (assistant)
2014–2017Greece (assistant)
2014–2017Aris Thessaloniki
2017–2021UNICS Kazan
2021–presentPanathinaikos
Career highlights and awards

Dimitrios Priftis (Greek: Δημήτρης Πρίφτης; born October 27, 1968) is a Greek professional basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.

Club coaching career[]

After having previously worked as the head coach of Kavala and Ikaros Kallitheas, Prifitis became the head coach of Kolossos Rodou in 2013.[1]

He was hired as an assistant coach at Panathinaikos in 2014.[2] He then became the head coach of Aris later that same year.[3] He was named the Greek League Best Coach in 2016.[4]

He became the head coach of the Russian VTB United League club, UNICS Kazan, in 2017.

On June 26, 2021, he became the head coach of Panathinaikos, signing a three-year deal with the "Greens".[5]

National team career[]

Priftis has also worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team between 2008 and 2012, and from 2014 to the present. He has worked as an assistant coach with Greece at the following tournaments: the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 2011, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the EuroBasket 2015, and the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

References[]

  1. ^ A1Basket.gr Kolossos Rodou signed Dimitris Priftis.
  2. ^ PANATHINAIKOS BC - Alvertis is the new coach
  3. ^ Sportando.net Aris Thessaloniki named Dimitris Priftis new head coach.
  4. ^ Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Πρίφτης (in Greek).
  5. ^ Panathinaikos officially appoints Dimitris Priftis as head coach

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