Georgios Vovoras (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Yiorgos, Yorgos) ( el, Γιώργος Βόβορας; born January 18, 1977) is a Greek professional

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, who is currently an assistant coach for

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

of the

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and the EuroLeague.

Coaching career

Vovoras was the

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of the Greek club OFI Irakleio, in the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, from 2008 to 2009. He was an assistant coach with the Greek club

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, from 2010 to 2011. He then became an assistant coach with the

club

, from 2012 to 2014. He then worked as an assistant coach with the Russian

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club

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, during the 2014–15 season. He was next the head coach of the

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club

APOEL Nicosia APOEL ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a major mult ...

, during the 2015–16 season. With APOEL Nicosia, he won the 2016

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. He then returned to Panathinaikos, as an assistant coach, in May 2016. Vovoras became the interim head coach of Panathinaikos in October 2016, after the club's head coach,

Argyris Pedoulakis Argyris Pedoulakis (alternate spellings: Argirios, Argiris, Argyrios) ( el, Αργύρης Πεδουλάκης; born May 26, 1964) is a former Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach, who is currently acting as the general manag ...

, resigned from his position. Vovoras served as Panathinaikos' interim head coach, until the club signed Xavi Pascual to be the team's new permanent head coach. He was Panathinaikos' interim head coach again in 2018, after Pascual was replaced in that role by

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. Vovoras worked as the club's interim head coach until Pitino was able to join the club. On June 17, 2020, Vovoras was officially announced as Panathinaikos's new head coach for the upcoming season.George Vovoras named Panathinaikos head coach
/ref> On January 4, 2021, Vovoras and Panathinaikos amicably parted ways after a string of unfortunate results for the club, both domestically and in European competition. He was replaced by Israeli coach

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. Vovoras coached the Hungarian club Debreceni from November 2021 to February 2022, winning six of the eleven league games in which he led the team. On April 14, 2022, Vovoras officially returned to Panathinaikos and took over the head coaching position after the sacking of

Dimitrios Priftis Dimitrios Priftis ( gr, Δημήτρης Πρίφτης; born October 27, 1968) is a Greek professional basketball coach who was most recently served as the head coach for Tofaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. Club coaching career After h ...

and several administrative members of the club, in order for the team to finish out the

season and playoffs.

References

External links

EuroLeague Coaching Profile

Panathinaikos B.C. Coaching Profile
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