Evangelos Koronios Explained

Angelos Koronios
Άγγελος Κορωνιός
Height Ft:6
Height In:1.25
Weight Lbs:180
Position:Assistant coach
Birth Date:16 March 1969
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Draft Year:1991
Career Start:1986
Career End:2005
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Career Number:5, 8, 10, 14
Coach Start:2005
Years1:1986–1998
Team1:Peristeri
Years2:1998–2000
Team2:AEK Athens
Years3:2000–2001
Team3:PAOK
Years4:2001–2003
Team4:Maroussi
Years5:2003–2004
Team5:Panionios
Years6:2004–2005
Team6:Olympiacos
Cyears1:2005–2006
Cteam1:Alimos
Cyears2:2006–2007
Cteam2:Sporting
Cyears3:2007, 2011
Cteam3:AEK Athens
Cyears4:2012–2013
Cteam4:Kavala
Cyears5:2014–2015
Cteam5:AEK Athens (assistant)
Highlights:As a player:

Greek League career stats leaders

  • Greek League all-time leader in three-pointers made

As a head coach:

Evangelos Koronios, most commonly known as Angelos Koronios (alternate spelling: Aggelos, Greek: Ευάγγελος "Άγγελος" Κορωνιός; born 16 March 1969), is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach.

Professional career

Born in Athens, Greece, Koronios started playing club basketball with the youth clubs of Peristeri Athens, in 1982. He began his pro career with the senior men's team of Peristeri, in 1986. In 1998, he moved to the Greek club AEK Athens, where he played for two seasons. Then, he continued his career with the Greek clubs PAOK Thessaliniki (2000–01), Maroussi Athens, for two seasons (2001–03), Panionios Athens (2003–04), and finally, with Olympiacos Piraeus (2004–05).

At the time of his retirement, Koronios was the unofficial all-time stats leader of the Greek Basket League, since the 1986–87 season in points scored, with 7,080, in assists, with 1,264, in steals, with 583, in free throws made, with 2,020, and in three pointers made, with 828.[1] In total, Koronios appeared in 448 games in the top-tier level league of Greek basketball. Some of his Greek League career records were eventually broken by Nikos Boudouris, Dimitris Diamantidis,[2] and Vassilis Spanoulis.

National team career

Koronios was a member of the senior Greek national basketball team. With Greece's senior national team, he played at the 1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, at the 1997 FIBA EuroBasket, at the 1998 FIBA World Championship, and at the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket. He also won a silver medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Coaching career

In the 2005–06 season, Koronios started his coaching career, working as the head coach at Alimos. He spent the next season (2006–07) coaching Sporting, and with them, he won the Greek 2nd Division championship.

In the summer of 2007, he was appointed as the new head coach of AEK Athens, but he decided to resign, "for personal reasons", on 25 October. He was later appointed as the new head coach of AEK, following the departure of Minas Gekos from that position, in January 2011. After that, he was the head coach of Kavala, before returning to AEK Athens, as an assistant coach.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro clubs

Greek national team

As a head coach

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Τα ρεκόρ της Α1 . sport24.gr . 19 October 2007 . 16 August 2015 . 26 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180826044058/https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/A1Basket/article298334.ece . dead .
  2. Web site: Μία... Α1 γεμάτη πράσινα ρεκόρ . Prasinanea.gr . 23 October 2011 . 16 August 2015 . Avramidis, Giannis . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151006023003/http://prasinanea.gr/basket/article1419648.ece . 6 October 2015 .
  3. http://www.esake.gr/el/A08B94C4 Τα “κανόνια” του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Άγγελος Κορωνιός .