Giannis Ioannidis
Giannis Ioannidis as head coach of Olympiacos.
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February 26, 1945 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
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| 1977 | Ergotelis |
| 1978–1979 | Aris |
| 1979–1981 | G.S. Larissas |
| 1979–1981 | Greece |
| 1982–1990 | Aris |
| 1991–1996 | Olympiacos |
| 1996–1998 | AEK |
| 1999–2000 | Olympiacos |
| 2002–2003 | Greece |
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Giannis Ioannidis (Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; born 26 February 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Greek professional basketball coach and New Democracy (ND) politician.
He is generally considered to be the best Greek basketball coach of all-time, since he is the one with the most titles won (18 in total, 13 with Aris, and 5 with Olympiacos).
Ioannidis was born in Thessaloniki, and studied Agriculture in the Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is married and has one daughter.
During his youth, Ioannidis became a member of the Aris basketball team at the age of 15, and he later went on to coach and manage the club to conquer a total of 8 Greek League championships and 5 Greek Cups, and also to participate at 3 consecutive FIBA Champions' Cup EuroLeague Final Fours. Later, he worked in Olympiacos, where he won 4 consecutive Greek League championships, 1 Greek Cup, and participated at 2 consecutive FIBA EuroLeague Finals.
He was the architect of the most glorious victory of Olympiacos against Panathinaikos, in the final game of the 1995–96 Greek League playoffs, with a winning score of 73-38. That was his last game coaching with Olympiacos at that time. The next year, he joined AEK, where he stayed for 2 seasons, and managed to reach one more finals of the FIBA EuroLeague. After a short come-back at Olympiacos, he finished his coaching career in the senior men's Greek national basketball team, which he coached at the EuroBasket 2003.
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