Thanasis Skourtopoulos

Thanasis Skourtopoulos
Θανάσης Σκουρτόπουλος
Personal information
Born (1965-05-23) May 23, 1965
Athens, Greece
Nationality Greek
Position Head coach
Coaching career 1996–present
Career history
As player:
0 Dafni
0 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

References

  1. ↑ Sport.gr Panellinios Announces Skourtopoulos (in Greek) Archived September 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Eurocupbasketball.com SKOURTOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS.
  3. ↑ A1Basket.gr Thanasis Skourtopoulos is Rethymno Aegean's new coach.
  4. ↑ Thanasis Skourtopoulos is the new head coach of Panionios.
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