Takis Koroneos
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1952 Rethymno, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Mississippi State University (1970–1974) |
| NBA draft | 1974 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1968–1990 |
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| Number | 9 |
| Career history | |
| 1968–1985 | Panathinaikos |
| 1985–1986 | PAOK |
| 1986–1989 | Panionios |
| 1989–1990 | Panathinaikos |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As a player:
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Panagiotis "Takis" Koroneos (alternate spellings: Taki, Koronaios, Greek: Παναγιώτης "Τάκης" Κορωναίος; born October 8, 1952) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He is also a former member of the senior men's Greek national team. During his playing career, his nickname was, "The Galis Before Galis".[1]
During his club playing career, Koroneos was credited with discovering Rony Seikaly, while he was a youth in Greece. In 1981, Koroneos met Seikaly, who was 16 at the time, after he purchased a pair of large basketball sneakers in Koroneos' athletics store.[2] On the recommendation of Koroneos to the management of Panathinaikos, Seikaly was then selected to join Panathinaikos' men's senior team, in order to begin training and practicing with them.[3][4][5]
College career[]
Koroneos joined the youth teams of Panathinaikos in 1965, and he began his career with the club's senior men's team, in 1968. However, he still retained his amateur status for the NCAA DI. In 1970, he then began to play college basketball in the United States, at Mississippi State University, where he played with the Mississippi State Bulldogs.[6]
Club career[]
Koroneos had a long tenure with the Greek team Panathinaikos Athens. With Panathinaikos, he won 11 Greek League championships and 3 Greek Cup titles. While a member of Panathinaikos, he was also the Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer in 1983.
In 2008, he was voted as one of the 100 greatest athletes in the first 100 years in the history of the Panathinaikos Athletic Club, including all of the club's sports divisions. He was voted the 60th most important athlete overall, and the 12th most important basketball player, in the club's first 100 years. During his career, he also played with the Greek clubs PAOK Thessaloniki and Panionios Athens.
In the top-tier level Greek League, he scored a total of 7,465 points, which is the 5th most total points scored in the competition, since the 1963–64 season.[7]
National team career[]
Koroneos played with the senior men's Greek national team in 150 games, in which he recorded a total of 1,832 points scored.[8] His first game with Greece's senior national team was played on July 25, 1972, against the Bulgarian national team, during the Balkan Championship. His last game with Greece's senior national team was played on October 29, 1981, against the Polish national team, in a friendly game.
Koroneos represented Greece at the 1972 Pre-Olympic Tournament, the 1975 EuroBasket, the 1979 EuroBasket, and the 1981 EuroBasket. With Greece, he also won gold medals at both the 1979 Mediterranean Games, and the 1979 Balkan Championship.
Coaching career[]
After his playing career ended, Koroneos worked as the head coach of the clubs Maroussi Athens, Dafni Athens, Near East Kaisariani, Keravnos Strovolou Women, Panionios Athens Women and Panathinaikos Athens women (during the 2008–09 season).
Awards and accomplishments[]
Pro career[]
- 11× Greek League Champion: (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984)
- 3× Greek Cup Winner: (1979, 1982, 1983)
- Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer: (1983)
- 5th all-time leading scorer of the Greek Basketball Championship, with 7,465 total points scored in the Greek A National League (1963–64 season to present).
Greek national team[]
- 1979 Mediterranean Games:
Gold - Balkan Championship:
- Gold: (1979)
Silver: (1972)
Bronze: (1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)
Gold
Silver
BronzeReferences[]
- ^ Τα κανόνια του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Τάκης Κορωναίος (in Greek).
- ^ De promesa NBA a romperla como DJ, la increíble historia de Rony Seikaly (in Spanish).
- ^ Rony Seikaly (I): “Playing music in Ibiza brought me back to my NBA days”.
- ^ Rony Seikaly (II): “Luka Doncic is the best white player ever – LeBron more like Magic than Jordan”.
- ^ Από τα καρφώματα στα… decks! (in Greek).
- ^ Taki Koroneos Position: Guard School: Mississippi State.
- ^ Τα “κανόνια” του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Τάκης Κορωναίος (in Greek).
- ^ Basket.gr Ονοματεπώνυμο: ΚΟΡΩΝΑΙΟΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ (in Greek).
Bibliography[]
- Panathinaikos - 90 Years On An Historic Run 1908-1998, P. Fiamegos, Athens 1998
External links[]
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Greek basketball coaches
- Greek Basket League players
- Greek men's basketball players
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- Panionios B.C. players
- P.A.O.K. BC players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards