Nikos Linardos
Nikos Linardos (Greek: Νίκος Λινάρδος; born August 26, 1963 in Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach.
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| Born | August 26, 1963 Greece | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | |||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1981–1995 | |||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1995–present | |||||||||||||
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| 1981–1991 | Panionios | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Sporting | |||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Panellinios | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Maroussi | |||||||||||||
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| 1995–1997 | Marathonas Athens (Greek regional minor leagues) | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | North Carolina University (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Greece Under-18 (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Greece (Video Coordinator) | |||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Duke University (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Maroussi (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Maroussi | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | APOEL | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Apollon Limassol | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Panionios (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Panionios | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Maroussi (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Greece (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Maroussi | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Limoges (Assistant) | |||||||||||||
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Club playing career
Linardos played with the Greek League team Panionios. He was a member of the Panionios team that finished in 2nd place in the Greek League in 1987 (the club's highest ever finish in the league), and he was also a member of the Panionios team that won the 1991 Greek Cup (the only title in the club's history). He also played with the Greek clubs Sporting, Panellinios, and Maroussi.
National team playing career
Linardos was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1987.[1]
Coaching career
Linardos worked as an assistance coach under head coaches like Dean Smith at North Carolina (1997–98) and Mike Krzyzewski at Duke (1998–99). He was also an assistant coach under Vangelis Alexandris at Maroussi, and under Panagiotis Giannakis, in the senior men's Greek national basketball team (2007–08).
He also worked as a head coach of Maroussi, APOEL (winning the Cypriot Cup in 2003), Apollon Limassol, and Panionios. From 2013 onwards he coaches a youth basketball team in Attico alsos in Athens along with former teammate Michalis Romanidis. This academy has produced some great talent over the years such as Dimitris Mavros (who currently plays for Drosia) Dimitris Theodorou (one of the greatest screeners) and Kostakis ( the greek Allen Iverson)
Sports commentator
Linardos has also worked as a sports commentator, doing analysis during broadcasts of basketball games on Greek TV.