Ilias Kantzouris (Greek: Ηλίας Καντζούρης; born August 11, 1973) is a Greek professional basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague, under head coach Vassilis Spanoulis. Kantzouris is also an assistant coach for the Greek national team.
 Kantzouris as coach of Bamberg in 2018 | |
| AS Monaco | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | LNB Pro A EuroLeague |
| 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 Thessaloniki (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 |
| 2020–2022 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2022–2023 | AEK Athens |
| 2023–2024 | Limoges |
| 2024 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| 2023–present | Greece (assistant) |
| 2024–present | AS Monaco (assistant) |
Coaching career
editProfessional clubs
editKantzouris 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.
On July 3, 2022, after two successful seasons with Kolossos Rodou, Kantzouris was named head coach of AEK Athens.[3] On May 11, 2023, he parted ways with the club. On May 22, 2023, he signed with Limoges CSP.
On January 10, 2024, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[4]
Greece national team
editKantzouris worked as an assistant coach of the senior Greece national basketball team, in 2013.[5]
References
edit- ^ Brose, Trinchieri part ways.
- ^ Brose Bamberg names Banchi new head coach.
- ^ Brose Bamberg names Banchi new head coach.
- ^ "Limoges CSP announced today the departure of its coach Ilias Kantzouris to Hapoel Jerusalem". Sportando. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ AEK tabs Ilias Kantzouris as the new head coach.
External links
edit- Ilias Kantzouris at euroleague.net
- Ilias Kantzouris at eurobasket.com
- Ilias Kantzouris Archived 2018-02-21 at the Wayback Machine at brosebamberg.com (in German)
- Ilias Kantzouris Archived 2018-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at unics.ru