Georgios Bartzokas

Georgios Bartzokas (alternate spellings: Giorgos, George, Mpartzokas) (Greek: Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας, born June 11, 1965) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current head coach for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He became the first Greek head coach to win the EuroLeague title, after winning the 2012–13 competition with Olympiacos.[1]

Georgios Bartzokas
Bartzokas with Olympiacos, in 2022
Olympiacos
PositionHead coach
LeagueGreek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1965-06-11) June 11, 1965
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1987: undrafted
Playing career1981–1992
PositionPower forward
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1992Maroussi
As coach:
2003–2006Maroussi (assistant)
2006–2009Olympia Larissa
2009–2010Maroussi
2010–2012Panionios
2012–2014Olympiacos
2015–2016Lokomotiv Kuban
2016–2017FC Barcelona
2017–2019Khimki
2020–presentOlympiacos
Career highlights and awards
As head coach

Playing career

Barztokas played professional basketball in the Maroussi club, before some serious knee injuries (torn right knee ACL and later torn left knee ACL) ended his career at age 27.

Coaching career

Bartzokas began working as a basketball coach 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.[2] In 2010, he was named the Greek League Best Coach.[3] He became the head coach of Panionios in 2010.

Bartzokas became the head coach of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos, in June 2012.[4] With Olympiacos, he won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague, becoming the first Greek coach in history to win this title.[5] He was also named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2013.[6] He also won the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup with Olympiacos.

On July 5, 2015, Bartzokas signed a 2-year deal with PBC Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague.[7] In the EuroLeague, he coached the team to a first-ever Final Four appearance, after beating FC Barcelona 3–2 in the EuroLeague Playoffs.[8]

On July 8, 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB.[9] After one season, Barcelona parted ways with him.[10] On June 30, 2017, Bartzokas returned to the VTB United League, in order to be the new head coach of the Russian club Khimki. He signed a two-year contract.[11] On January 21, 2019 Bartzokas left Khimki, the contract was terminated.[12]

On January 10, 2020, Barzokas returned to Olympiacos and he signed a 2 and a half year deal. After two months as a head coach the season was canceled due to the pandemic 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. Shortly after he won the Greek Championship. In EuroLeague he qualified with Olympiacos to the Final Four of Belgrade.

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
Maroussi 2009–10 16610.375Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Olympiacos
2012–13 31229.710Won EuroLeague Championship
2013–14 29209.690Eliminated in quarterfinals
Lokomotiv Kuban 2015–16 312110.677Won in 3rd place game
Barcelona 2016–17 301218.400Eliminated in the regular season
Khimki 2017–18 341717.500Eliminated in quarterfinals
Olympiacos 2019–20 1055.500Eliminated in Regular Season
2020–21 341618.471Eliminated in Regular Season
2021–22 28199.6794th place
2022–23 342410.7062nd place
Career277162115.585 

Career achievements

Olympiacos

Lokomotiv Kuban

FC Barcelona

  • Catalan League Champion: (2016)
  • Trofeo Circuito Movistar Champion: (2016)

Khimki

Awards

See also

References
  1. Euroleague.net Bartzokas is first Greek coach to win the Euroleague.
  2. Euroleague.net Maroussi names Bartzokas head coach.
  3. George Bartzokas: 2009-10 Greek League Coach of the Year.
  4. Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS finds new coach in Bartzokas.
  5. Euroleague.net Bartzokas is first Greek coach to win the Euroleague.
  6. Euroleague.net Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos.
  7. "Lokomotiv tabs Bartzokas for bench". Euroleague. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. "Final Four head coach: Georgios Bartzokas, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar". Euroleague. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  9. "Georgios Bartzokas is the new man in charge of Barça Lassa". FC Barcelona. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  10. "FC Barcelona, coach Bartzokas part ways". Euroleague.net. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  11. "Khimki hires Bartzokas". EuroLeague. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  12. "Khimki Moscow Region, Georgios Bartzokas part ways". BC Khimki. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. "European Awards 2013 - Men Basketball". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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