Georgios Bartzokas
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_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93070.jpg) Bartzokas with Olympiacos, in 2022 | |
| Olympiacos | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Greek Basket League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 11, 1965 Athens, Greece |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 1987: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1981–1992 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Coaching career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1981–1992 | Maroussi |
| As coach: | |
| 2000–2006 | Maroussi (assistant) |
| 2006–2009 | Olympia Larissa |
| 2009–2010 | Maroussi |
| 2010–2012 | Panionios |
| 2012–2014 | Olympiacos |
| 2015–2016 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2016–2017 | FC Barcelona |
| 2017–2019 | Khimki |
| 2020–present | Olympiacos |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
As assistant coach:
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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. Nicknamed "Chess Player"[1][2][3][4][5][6] he is considered as one of the greatest basketball head coaches of all time, Bartzokas has won the EuroLeague Coach of the Year award three times (2013, 2022, 2023). He became the first Greek head coach to win the EuroLeague title, after winning the 2012–13 competition with Olympiacos.[7]
Playing career[edit]
Bartzokas 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[edit]
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.[8] In 2010, he was named the Greek League Best Coach.[9] He became the head coach of Panionios in 2010.
Bartzokas became the head coach of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos, in June 2012.[10] With Olympiacos, he won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague, becoming the first Greek coach in history to win this title.[11] He was also named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2013.[12] 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.[13] In the EuroLeague, he coached the team to a first-ever Final Four appearance, after beating FC Barcelona 3–2 in the EuroLeague Playoffs.[14]
On July 8, 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB.[15] After one season, Barcelona parted ways with him.[16] 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.[17] On January 21, 2019 Bartzokas left Khimki, the contract was terminated.[18]
On January 10, 2020, Barzokas returned to Olympiacos and he signed a 2+1⁄2-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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroussi | 2009–10 | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | Eliminated in Top 16 stage |
| Olympiacos | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 31 | 22 | 9 | .710 | Won EuroLeague Championship | |
| 2013–14 | 29 | 20 | 9 | .690 | Eliminated in quarterfinals | |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 2015–16 | 31 | 21 | 10 | .677 | Won in 3rd place game |
| Barcelona | 2016–17 | 30 | 12 | 18 | .400 | Eliminated in the regular season |
| Khimki | 2017–18 | 34 | 17 | 17 | .500 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| Olympiacos | 2019–20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | Eliminated in Regular Season |
| 2020–21 | 34 | 16 | 18 | .471 | Eliminated in Regular Season | |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 4th place | |
| 2022–23 | 34 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 2nd place | |
| Career | 277 | 162 | 115 | .585 | ||
Awards and accomplishments[edit]
As a head coach[edit]
Titles won[edit]
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: 2013 (with Olympiacos)
- EuroLeague Champion: 2013 (with Olympiacos)
- Catalan League Champion: 2016 (with FC Barcelona
- 2× Greek League Champion: 2022, 2023 (with Olympiacos)
- 3× Greek Cup Winner: 2022, 2023, 2024 (with Olympiacos)
- 2× Greek Super Cup Winner: 2022, 2023 (with Olympiacos)
- Gomelsky Cup Winner: 2017 (with Khimki)
Other honors[edit]
- EuroLeague Final Finalist: 2023 (with Olympiacos)
- 4× EuroLeague Final Four Participation: 2013 2023, 2022 (with Olympiacos), 2016 (with Lokomotiv Kuban)
- 2× VTB United League Finalist: 2018, 2019 (with Khimki)
- 2× Greek League Finalist: 2013, 2014 (with Olympiacos)
- Greek Cup Finalist: 2013 (with Olympiacos)
- Spanish Supercup Finalist: 2016 (with FC Barcelona
Individual[edit]
- 3× EuroLeague Coach of the Year: 2013, 2022, 2023
- All-Europe Coach of the Year: 2013[19]
- VTB United League Coach of the Year: 2016
- 4× Greek League Coach of the Year: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2023
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ο «σκακιστής» Μπαρτζώκας υπέγραψε σε σκάκι • Η Άποψη". Η Άποψη (in Greek). 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ https://www.sport24.gr/football/o-skakistis-mpartzokas-pire-doro-ena-tavli-apo-ton-panteli-diamantopoylo.10085208.htmlhe
- ^ "Οι κινήσεις του «σκακιστή» Μπαρτζώκα που έκριναν την παρτίδα με τον Αταμάν!". Sportal.gr (in Greek). 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Ο... σκακιστής Μπαρτζώκας δείχνει τον δρόμο προς το Βερολίνο!". gavros.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ https://sportday.gr/basket/169584_olympiakos-o-skakistis-ekane-pali-to-thavma-tou.htmlhe
- ^ https://redgoal.gr/basket/item/43863-skakistis-bartzokas-kai-ta-magika
- ^ Euroleague.net Bartzokas is first Greek coach to win the Euroleague.
- ^ Euroleague.net Maroussi names Bartzokas head coach.
- ^ George Bartzokas: 2009-10 Greek League Coach of the Year.
- ^ Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS finds new coach in Bartzokas.
- ^ Euroleague.net Bartzokas is first Greek coach to win the Euroleague.
- ^ Euroleague.net Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos.
- ^ "Lokomotiv tabs Bartzokas for bench". Euroleague. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Final Four head coach: Georgios Bartzokas, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar". Euroleague. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Georgios Bartzokas is the new man in charge of Barça Lassa". FC Barcelona. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "FC Barcelona, coach Bartzokas part ways". Euroleague.net. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Khimki hires Bartzokas". EuroLeague. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Khimki Moscow Region, Georgios Bartzokas part ways". BC Khimki. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "European Awards 2013 - Men Basketball". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
External links[edit]
- Georgios Bartzokas at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Georgios Bartzokas at euroleague.net
- Georgios Bartzokas at gpksports.com