Dimitrios Priftis

Dimitris Priftis
Δημήτρης Πρίφτης
UNICS Kazan
Position Head coach
League VTB United League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1968-10-27) October 27, 1968
Athens, Greece
Nationality Greek
Career history
As coach:
1998–2000 Esperides Kallitheas women's team
2001–2002 Dafni (Assistant)
2002–2003 Ionikos Nikaias (Assistant)
2003–2009 AEK Athens (Assistant)
2008–2012 Greece (Assistant)
2009–2010 Aris (Assistant)
2010–2012 Kavala
2012–2013 Ikaros Kallitheas
2013–2014 Kolossos
2014 Panathinaikos (Assistant)
2014–2017 Greece (Assistant)
2014–2017 Aris Thessaloniki
2017–present UNICS Kazan
Career highlights and awards

Dimitrios Priftis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Πρίφτης; born October 27, 1968 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball coach and current head coach of UNICS Kazan.

Club coaching career

After having previously worked as the head coach of Kavala and Ikaros Kallitheas, Prifitis became the head coach of Kolossos Rodou in 2013.[1]

Priftis then became an assistant coach at Panathinaikos in 2014.[2] He then became the head coach of Aris later that same year.[3] He was named the Greek League Best Coach in 2016.[4]

He became the head coach of the Russian VTB United League club, UNICS Kazan, in 2017.

Greek national team

Priftis has also worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team between 2008 and 2012, and from 2014 to the present. He has worked as an assistant coach with Greece at the following tournaments: the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the 2009 EuroBasket, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2011 EuroBasket, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the 2015 EuroBasket, and the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

References

  1. ↑ A1Basket.gr Kolossos Rodou signed Dimitris Priftis.
  2. ↑ Eurohoops.net Dimitris Priftis is the consultant in PAO.
  3. ↑ Sportando.net Aris Thessaloniki named Dimitris Priftis new head coach.
  4. ↑ Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Πρίφτης (in Greek).


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