Ilias Kantzouris
 Kantzouris as coach of Bamberg in 2018 | |
| Kolossos Rodou | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Greek Basket League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 11, 1973 Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Coaching career | 2000–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2000–2001 | Apollon Patras (assistant) |
| 2001–2003 | Near East (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Aris (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Sporting (assistant) |
| 2007 | AEK Athens (assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | Panellinios (assistant) |
| 2011–2012 | Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant) |
| 2013 | Greece (assistant) |
| 2013–2014 | UNICS Kazan (assistant) |
| 2014–2018 | Brose Bamberg (assistant) |
| 2018 | Brose Bamberg (interim) |
| 2018–2019 | AEK Athens (assistant) |
| 2020 | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
| 2020–present | Kolossos Rodou |
Ilias Kantzouris (Greek: Ηλίας Καντζούρης; born August 11, 1973) is a Greek professional basketball coach.
Coaching career[]
Professional clubs[]
Kantzouris began his coaching career in 2000, as an assistant coach, with the Greek club Apollon Patras. He then worked as an assistant coach with the Greek clubs Near East, Aris Thessaloniki, and Sporting Athens. Following that, he worked as an assistant coach with the Greek clubs AEK Athens and Panellinios.
He was an assistant coach with the Lithuanian League club, Žalgiris Kaunas, in the 2011–12 season. He was then an assistant coach with the Russian VTB United League club, UNICS Kazan, in the 2013–14 season. After that, he worked as an assistant for the German League club, Brose Bamberg, from 2014 to 2018.
Kantzouris then became the interim head coach of Brose Bamberg, after head coach Andrea Trinchieri was fired by the team, in February 2018.[1] He worked as Brose's interim head coach, until the club hired Luca Banchi, as its new permanent head coach.[2]
On January 28, 2020, Kantzouris signed with Greek Basket League club Iraklis (his first official head coaching job), replacing Ioannis Kastritis.
Greek national team[]
Kantzouris worked as an assistant coach of the senior Greek national basketball team, in 2013.[3]
References[]
External links[]
- Ilias Kantzouris at euroleague.net
- Ilias Kantzouris at eurobasket.com
- Ilias Kantzouris at brosebamberg.com (in German)
- Ilias Kantzouris at unics.ru
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Brose Baskets coaches
- Greek basketball coaches
- Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. coaches