Georgios Bartzokas (alternate spellings: Giorgos, George, Mpartzokas) ( el, Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας, born June 11, 1965) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current head coach for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He became the first Greek head coach to win the EuroLeague title, after winning the 2012–13 competition with

Playing career

Barztokas played professional basketball in the Maroussi club, before some serious knee injuries (

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right knee ACL and later

left knee ACL) ended his career at age 27.

Coaching career

Bartzokas began working as a

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at the age of 22, while he was still also playing club basketball. He was the assistant coach of Panagiotis Giannakis for several years in Maroussi. In 2006, he signed on as the head coach of Olympia Larissa. That same year with Olympia, he managed to reach the playoffs of the Greek Basket League for the first time in the club's history. The team finished in 7th place, and repeated their playoffs qualification the next year, during the Greek Basket League 2007–08 season. In 2009, Bartzokas became the head coach of Maroussi. In 2010, he was named the Greek League Best Coach. He became the head coach of

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

in 2010. Bartzokas became the head coach of the Greek EuroLeague club

, in June 2012. With Olympiacos, he won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague, becoming the first Greek coach in history to win this title. He was also named the

EuroLeague Coach of the Year The Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level basketball league, the EuroLeague, that is given to each season's best head coach. The award was first introduced in the 2004–05 season. The win ...

in 2013. He also won the

2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup The 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's professional basketball clubs and the 22nd edition of the tournament being in the form of a true intercontinental tournament for clubs. The 2 game ag ...

with Olympiacos. On July 5, 2015, Bartzokas signed a 2-year deal with PBC Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. In the EuroLeague, he coached the team to a first-ever Final Four appearance, after beating FC Barcelona 3–2 in the EuroLeague Playoffs. On July 8, 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team FC Barcelona of the

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. After one season, Barcelona parted ways with him. On June 30, 2017, Bartzokas returned to the VTB United League, in order to be the new head coach of the Russian club

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. He signed a two-year contract. On January 21, 2019 Bartzokas left Khimki, the contract was terminated. On January 10, 2020, Barzokas returned to

and he signed a 2 and a half year deal. After two months as a head coach the season was canceled due to the

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situation. In the 2020-21 season, Bartzokas tried to rebuild the team's roster after Sloukas return, but Olympiacos didn't qualify for the Play-off round of EuroLeague. In the 2021-22 season he won the Greek Cup with Olympiacos. That was his first national trophy. In EuroLeague he qualified with Olympiacos to the Final Four of Belgrade.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

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Career achievements

Club Titles

Olympiacos * EuroLeague Champion: (

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) * FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (

) * Greek League: (2022) * Greek Cup Winner: (2022) *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek Football (soccer), association football one-match ...

Winner: (2022)

Awards

* Greek League Best Coach: (2010) *2×

: (2013, 2022)

References

External links

Georgios Bartzokas
at acb.com
Georgios Bartzokas
at euroleague.net

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