Yannis Christopoulos

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Yannis Christopoulos
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Christopoulos with Bayern Munich in 2012
Personal information
Born (1974-06-07) June 7, 1974 (age 50)
Patras, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position Head coach
Coaching career1996–present
Career history
As coach:
1996–1997 U BT Cluj-Napoca (juniors)
1997–2000 Apollon Patras (assistant)
2000–2001 Brandt Hagen (assistant)
2001–2003 Hellenic Air Force men's basketball team
2004 AEL Limassol
2004–2005 APOEL Nicosia
2005–2006 Apollon Patras
2006–2007 AEL Larissa
2007–2008 Olympias Patras
2008 Trikala 2000
2010–2011 APOEL Nicosia
2010–2012 Bayern Munich (assistant)
2012Bayern Munich
2013–2017 China (assistant)
2017–2020 Beijing Ducks
2021–2022 Beijing Ducks
2022–2023 Promitheas Patras
2023–2024 Apollon Patras
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Yannis Christopoulos (alternate spelling: Giannis; born 7 June 1974 in Patras) is a Greek professional basketball coach.

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Coaching career

Christopoulos began his coaching career in 1996, at the age of 22, with the youth departments of the Romanian club CS Universitatea Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca. He then became an assistant coach with Apollon Patras, where he worked under head coach Dirk Bauermann. He also worked as an assistant coach under Bauermann in the German club Brandt Hagen.

Christopoulos' career as a club head coach started in 2004, in Cyprus, with Proteas EKA AEL. He was also the head coach of Apollon Patras. As the head coach of APOEL, he won the Cypriot League championship in 2010.

He became an assistant coach under Dirk Bauermann again, this time with Bayern Munich. After Bauermann left as Bayern's head coach, on 27 September 2012, Christopoulos was promoted to be the team's new head coach for the 2012–13 season. However, on 27 November 2012, he was replaced as the team's head coach by Svetislav Pešić.

Awards and accomplishments

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