Dimitrios Itoudis

Dimitrios Itoudis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτριος Ιτούδης, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professional basketball coach, who is the current head coach of Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague.[1] He also formally coached the Greece men's national basketball team.

Dimitrios Itoudis
Itoudis at the signing ceremony at Fenerbahçe in 2022
Fenerbahçe Beko
PositionHead coach
LeagueBSL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1970-09-08) September 8, 1970
Trikala, Imathia, Greece
NationalityGreek
Coaching career1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1992Zagreb U-18
1992–1995Zagreb (assistant)
1995–1996PAOK (assistant)
1996PAOK
1996–1997Panionios (assistant)
1997–1999Philippos Thessaloniki
1999MENT
1999–2012Panathinaikos (assistant)
2013–2014Banvit
2014–2022CSKA Moscow
2022–2023Greece
2022–presentFenerbahçe Beko
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

Itoudis at the game between Anadolu Efes and CSKA Moscow, in November 2017.

Coaching career

Itoudis began his coaching career in 1990, when he began coaching Zagreb's Under-18 team in Croatia. In 1992, he became an assistant coach with the senior men's team of Zagreb. In 1995, he became an assistant coach with the Greek Basket League club PAOK.

He then became the head coach of PAOK in 1996. He was an assistant coach with the Greek club Panionios, during the 1996–97 season, before becoming the head coach of the Greek club, Philippos Thessaloniki, from 1997 to 1999. After that, he was the head coach of the Greek club MENT.

He then became the assistant coach of Željko Obradović, with the Greek club Panathinaikos. He worked as Panathinaikos' assistant, from 1999 to 2012. While he was Panathinaikos' assistant coach, he was a part of 5 EuroLeague championship teams (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011), 11 Greek League championship teams (2000, 2001, 2003–2011), and 7 Greek Cup winning teams (2003, 2005–2009, 2012)

Itoudis became the head coach of the Turkish Super League club Banvit in 2013.[2] In June 2014, he became the head coach of CSKA Moscow, signing a two-year deal.[3][4] In his first season working with the team (2014–15), CSKA Moscow won the VTB United League, after eliminating Khimki with a 3–0 series sweep in the league's finals series.[5]

In his second season with CSKA Moscow (2015–16), he became the first Greek basketball coach to win the EuroLeague championship with a foreign (non-Greek) club. On June 3, 2016, he re-signed with CSKA for three seasons.[6] In July 2016, he was named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year, for the 2015–16 season.[7]

He left CSKA Moscow in June 2022, with one year remaining on his contract.[8]

On 19 June 2022, he signed a 3-year-deal with Fenerbahçe.[1]

Coaching record
Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague
Team Year G W L W–L% Result
CSKA Moscow 2014–15 30264.867Won in 3rd place game
2015–16 29245.828Won EuroLeague Championship
2016–17 35269.743Won in 3rd place game
2017–18 36279.750Lost in 3rd place game
2018–19 36297.806Won EuroLeague Championship
2019–20 28199.750Season cancelled
2020–21 392712.692Lost in 3rd place game
Career23317855.764

Domestic Leagues
Team Year G W L W–L% Result
CSKA Moscow 2019–20 19154.789Season cancelled
CSKA Moscow 2020–21 34259.735Won 2021 VTB United League Finals
CSKA Moscow 2021–22 31247.774
Career846420.762

See also

References
  1. "Dimitris Itoudis Fenerbahçe Beko'da" [Dimitris Itoudis joins Fenerbahçe Beko] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. June 19, 2022.
  2. Sportando.net Banvit name Dimitris Itoudis head coach.
  3. "Andreas Pistiolis added to CSKA coaching staff". cskabasket.com. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. "CSKA Moscow puts Itoudis in charge". euroleague.net. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  5. "CSKA wins championship!". vtb-league.com. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. "Itoudis pens new deal with CSKA". euroleague.net. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  7. "Latest News | Euroleague". Euroleague Basketball.
  8. Barclay, Ryan (June 5, 2022). "Itoudis leaves CSKA after losing the VTB against Pascual's Zenit".
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