Greek Basketball League Best Coach

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

Dušan Ivković was the Greek League Best Coach two times (1997 and 2012).

Željko Obradović was the Greek League Best Coach five times (2000, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011).

Panagiotis Giannakis was the Greek League Best Coach two times (2004 and 2006).

Giorgos Bartzokas was the Greek League Best Coach three times (2007, 2010, 2012, 2023 and 2026).

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	Željko Obradović (3×)	Panathinaikos
2007–08	Soulis Markopoulos	Maroussi
2008–09	Željko Obradović (4×)	Panathinaikos
2009–10	Giorgos Bartzokas	Maroussi	^[1]
2010–11	Željko Obradović (5×)	Panathinaikos
2011–12	Dušan Ivković (2×)	Olympiacos	^[2]
2012–13	Argyris Pedoulakis (3×)	Panathinaikos
2013–14	Soulis Markopoulos (2×)	PAOK
2014–15	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Olympiacos
2015–16	Dimitris Priftis	Aris	^[3]
2016–17	Xavi Pascual	Panathinaikos	^[4]
2017–18	Xavi Pascual (2×)	Panathinaikos	^[5]
2018–19	Makis Giatras	Promitheas Patras	^[6]
2019–20	Not awarded ¹
2020–21	Christos Serelis	Lavrio
2021–22	Fotis Takianos	Larisa
2022–23	Giorgos Bartzokas (2×)	Olympiacos	^[7]
2023–24	Ergin Ataman	Panathinaikos	^[8]
2024–25	Massimo Cancellieri	PAOK	^[9]
2025–26	Giorgos Bartzokas (3×)	Olympiacos	^[10]

Notes:

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

References

↑ Team, in gr (2010-06-17). "Ο Μπαρτζώκας κορυφαίος προπονητής της Α1 για το 2010". in.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-07-03.
↑ "Ντούσαν Ίβκοβιτς Καλύτερος Προπονητής 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.
↑ "Κόουτς της Χρονιάς για την σεζόν 2025-26 ο Γ. Μπαρτζώκας!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2026-07-03.

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)

[1] Team, in gr (2010-06-17). "Ο Μπαρτζώκας κορυφαίος προπονητής της Α1 για το 2010". in.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-07-03.

[2] "Ντούσαν Ίβκοβιτς Καλύτερος Προπονητής του Ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος!" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[10] "Κόουτς της Χρονιάς για την σεζόν 2025-26 ο Γ. Μπαρτζώκας!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2026-07-03.

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Best Coaches

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