Greek Basketball League Best Coach

Last updated July 04, 2025

The Greek Basket League Best Coach, or Greek League Coach of the Year (COY), is an annual award for the best coach of each season of Greece's top-tier level professional basketball club league, the Greek Basketball League, (GBL).

Best Coaches

Season	Best Coach	Club	Ref.
1996–97	Dušan Ivković	Olympiacos
1997–98	/ Lefteris Subotić	Panathinaikos
1998–99	/ Lefteris Subotić (2×)	Panathinaikos
1999–00	Željko Obradović	Panathinaikos
2000–01	Argyris Pedoulakis	Peristeri
2001–02	Kostas Pilafidis	Iraklis
2002–03	Argyris Pedoulakis (2×)	Peristeri
2003–04	Panagiotis Giannakis	Maroussi
2004–05	Željko Obradović (2×)	Panathinaikos
2005–06	Panagiotis Giannakis (2×)	Maroussi
2006–07	Giorgos Bartzokas	Olympia Larissa	^[1]
2007–08	Soulis Markopoulos	Maroussi
2008–09	Željko Obradović (3×)	Panathinaikos
2009–10	Giorgos Bartzokas (2×)	Maroussi	^[2]
2010–11	Željko Obradović (4×)	Panathinaikos
2011–12	Giorgos Bartzokas (3×) Dušan Ivković (2×)	Panionios Olympiacos	^[3]
2012–13	Argyris Pedoulakis (3×)	Panathinaikos
2013–14	Soulis Markopoulos (2×)	PAOK
2014–15	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Olympiacos
2015–16	Dimitris Priftis	Aris	^[4]
2016–17	Xavi Pascual	Panathinaikos	^[5]
2017–18	Xavi Pascual (2×)	Panathinaikos	^[6]
2018–19	Makis Giatras	Promitheas Patras	^[7]
2019–20	Not awarded¹
2020–21	Christos Serelis	Lavrio
2021–22	Fotis Takianos	Larisa
2022–23	Giorgos Bartzokas (4×)	Olympiacos	^[8]
2023–24	Ergin Ataman	Panathinaikos	^[9]
2024–25	Massimo Cancellieri	PAOK	^[10]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

References

↑ "Προπονητής της Χρονιάς ο Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
↑ "Κορυφαίος όλων Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας !" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
↑ "Ντούσαν Ίβκοβιτς και Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας μοιράστηκαν το βραβείο του Καλύτερου Προπονητή του Ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος!" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
↑ Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Πρίφτης (in Greek).
↑ Ο Τ. Πασκουάλ Καλύτερος Προπονητής της STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League (in Greek).
↑ Για δεύτερη σερί σεζόν καλύτερος προπονητής ο Τσ. Πασκουάλ (in Greek).
↑ "Basket League: Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Γιατράς " (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
↑ "Ο Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας Προπονητής της Χρονιάς για την Basket League 2022-23". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
↑ "Ο Εργκίν Αταμάν Προπονητής της Χρονιάς για την Stoiximan Basket League 2023-24!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
↑ "Προπονητής της Χρονιάς για την σεζόν 2024-25 ο Μάσιμο Καντσελιέρι!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2025-07-03.

External links

Official Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
Official Greek Basket League YouTube Channel (in Greek)
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
Basketblog.gr (in Greek)
GreekBasketball.gr (in Greek)

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[:0-1] "Προπονητής της Χρονιάς ο Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

[2] "Κορυφαίος όλων Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας !" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

[3] "Ντούσαν Ίβκοβιτς και Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας μοιράστηκαν το βραβείο του Καλύτερου Προπονητή του Ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος!" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

[4] Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Πρίφτης (in Greek).

[5] Ο Τ. Πασκουάλ Καλύτερος Προπονητής της STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League (in Greek).

[6] Για δεύτερη σερί σεζόν καλύτερος προπονητής ο Τσ. Πασκουάλ (in Greek).

[7] "Basket League: Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Γιατράς " (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-07-16.

[8] "Ο Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας Προπονητής της Χρονιάς για την Basket League 2022-23". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-07-04.

[9] "Ο Εργκίν Αταμάν Προπονητής της Χρονιάς για την Stoiximan Basket League 2023-24!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2024-07-03.

[10] "Προπονητής της Χρονιάς για την σεζόν 2024-25 ο Μάσιμο Καντσελιέρι!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2025-07-03.

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Greek Basketball League Best Coach

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Best Coaches

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