Vangelis Alexandris

Vangelis Alexandris
Βαγγέλης Αλεξανδρής
Panionios
Position Head coach
Personal information
Born February 2, 1951
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position Point guard
Career history
As player:
1971–1980 Aris
1980–1985 PAOK
1985–1986 Iraklis
As coach:
1992–1995 GS Larissas
1995–1996 PAOK
1996–1997 Apollon Patras
1997–1998 Iraklis
1998–1999 Irakleio
1999–2001 Maroussi
2001–2002 PAOK
2002–2004 Aris
2004–2006 Olympia Larissa
2006–2007 AEK Athens
2007 PAOK
2007–2008 Kolossos Rodou
2008–2009 Kavala
2009–2010 AEL 1964
2010–2011 Maroussi
2011–2012 Aris
2013–2014 Jordan
2014–present Panionios
Career highlights and awards

As player:

As head coach:

  • Saporta Cup champion (2001)
  • FIBA EuroCup champion (2003)

Evangelos "Vangelis" Alexandris (alternate spelling: Vaggelis) (born February 2, 1951; Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αλεξανδρής) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player.

Playing career

Alexandris played with Aris, PAOK, and Iraklis during his pro club career as a basketball player. With Aris, he won the Greek League championship in 1979. With PAOK, he won the Greek Cup in 1984.

Greek national team

Alexandris played with the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national team, he won the silver medal at the 1970 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. With Greece's senior national team, he played at FIBA EuroBasket 1983.

Club coaching career

Some of the teams that Alexandris has coached during his career include: PAOK, Aris, Olympia Larissa, Maroussi, AEK Athens, and GS Larissas. His biggest successes as a head coach in his career are winning the Saporta Cup championship with Maroussi during the 2000–01 season, and winning the FIBA EuroCup (later known as the EuroCup Challenge) title during the 2002–03 season, while he coached Aris.

Alexandris became the head coach of Aris for the second time in 2011.[1] He then became the head coach of Panionios in 2014.[2]

National team coaching career

Alexandris coached the senior men's Jordanian national basketball team at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.

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