Yannis Christopoulos Explained

Yannis Christopoulos
Position:Head coach
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date:1974 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Patras, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Coach Start:1996
Cyears1:1996–1997
Cteam1:U BT Cluj-Napoca (juniors)
Cyears2:1997–2000
Cteam2:Apollon Patras (assistant)
Cyears3:2000–2001
Cteam3:Brandt Hagen (assistant)
Cyears4:2001–2003
Cteam4:Hellenic Air Force men's basketball team
Cyears5:2004
Cteam5:AEL Limassol
Cyears6:2004–2005
Cteam6:APOEL Nicosia
Cyears7:2005–2006
Cteam7:Apollon Patras
Cyears8:2006–2007
Cteam8:AEL Larissa
Cyears9:2007–2008
Cteam9:Olympias Patras
Cyears10:2008
Cteam10:Trikala 2000
Cyears11:2010–2011
Cteam11:APOEL Nicosia
Cyears12:2010–2012
Cteam12:Bayern Munich (assistant)
Cyears13:2012
Cteam13:Bayern Munich
Cyears14:2013–2017
Cteam14:China (assistant)
Cyears15:2017–2020
Cteam15:Beijing Ducks
Cyears16:2021–2022
Cteam16:Beijing Ducks
Cyears17:2022–2023
Cyears18:2023–2024
Highlights:As head coach:

Yannis Christopoulos (alternate spelling: Giannis; born 7 June 1974 in Patras) is a Greek professional basketball coach.

Coaching career

Christopoulos began his coaching career in 1996, at the age of 22, with the youth departments of the Romanian club CS Universitatea Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca. He then became an assistant coach with Apollon Patras, where he worked under head coach Dirk Bauermann. He also worked as an assistant coach under Bauermann in the German club Brandt Hagen.

Christopoulos' career as a club head coach started in 2004, in Cyprus, with Proteas EKA AEL. He was also the head coach of Apollon Patras. As the head coach of APOEL, he won the Cypriot League championship in 2010.

He became an assistant coach under Dirk Bauermann again, this time with Bayern Munich. After Bauermann left as Bayern's head coach, on 27 September 2012, Christopoulos was promoted to be the team's new head coach for the 2012–13 season. However, on 27 November 2012, he was replaced as the team's head coach by Svetislav Pešić.

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