Ilias Kantzouris

Ilias Kantzouris
Kantzouris as coach of Bamberg in 2018
Aris
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueGreek Basketball League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1973-08-11) August 11, 1973
Greece
Coaching career2000–present
Career history
Coaching
2000–2001Apollon Patras (assistant)
2001–2003Near East (assistant)
2005–2006Aris Thessaloniki (assistant)
2006–2007Sporting (assistant)
2007AEK Athens (assistant)
2007–2011Panellinios (assistant)
2011Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
2013Greece (assistant)
2013–2014UNICS Kazan (assistant)
2014–2018Brose Bamberg (assistant)
2018Brose Bamberg (interim)
2018–2019AEK Athens (assistant)
2020Iraklis Thessaloniki
2020–2022Kolossos Rodou
2022–2023AEK Athens
2023–2024Limoges
2024Hapoel Jerusalem
2023–presentGreece (assistant)
2024–2026AS Monaco (assistant)
2026–presentAris (assistant)

Ilias Kantzouris (Greek: Ηλίας Καντζούρης; born August 11, 1973) is a Greek professional basketball coach. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Aris of the Greek Basketball League and the EuroCup, under head coach Vassilis Spanoulis. He is also an assistant coach for the senior men's Greek national team.[1][2]

Coaching career

Professional clubs

Kantzouris began his coaching career in 2000, as an assistant coach, with the Greek club Apollon Patras. He then worked as an assistant coach with the Greek clubs Near East, Aris Thessaloniki, and Sporting Athens. Following that, he worked as an assistant coach with the Greek clubs AEK Athens and Panellinios.

He was an assistant coach with the Lithuanian League club Žalgiris Kaunas in 2011. He was then an assistant coach with the Russian VTB United League club UNICS Kazan, in the 2013–14 season. After that, he worked as an assistant for the German League club Brose Bamberg, from 2014 to 2018.

Kantzouris then became the interim head coach of Brose Bamberg, after head coach Andrea Trinchieri was fired by the team, in February 2018.[3] He worked as Brose's interim head coach until the club hired Luca Banchi as its new permanent head coach.[4]

On January 28, 2020, Kantzouris signed with Greek Basket League club Iraklis Thessaloniki, in his first permanent head coaching role, replacing Ioannis Kastritis.

After two seasons as head coach of Kolossos Rodou, Kantzouris was appointed head coach of AEK Athens in July 2022. He parted ways with AEK in May 2023 and subsequently became head coach of French club Limoges CSP.

On January 10, 2024, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[5]

Later in 2024, Kantzouris joined the coaching staff of AS Monaco as an assistant to Vassilis Spanoulis. He remained with Monaco until 2026.[1]

On 20 June 2026, Aris announced that Kantzouris had returned to the club as an assistant coach on Spanoulis' staff, alongside Kostas Charalampidis and Kostas Iliadis.[1] It marked his second spell on Aris' coaching staff, having previously served as an assistant during the 2005–06 season.[1]

Greece national team

Kantzouris first worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greece national basketball team, in 2013, as a member of Andrea Trinchieri's coaching staff.[6]

In November 2023, Kantzouris returned to the Greek national team's coaching staff as an assistant to newly appointed head coach Vassilis Spanoulis, alongside Stefanos Triantafyllos and Diamantis Panagiotopoulos.[7] He was part of Greece's coaching staff at the 2024 Summer Olympics and continues to serve as an assistant coach of the national team.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The new members of Vassilis Spanoulis' staff at ARIS Betsson". Aris BC. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Σελίδα Εθνικής Ανδρών". Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek). Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Brose, Trinchieri part ways.
  4. ↑ Brose Bamberg names Banchi new head coach.
  5. ↑ "Limoges CSP announced today the departure of its coach Ilias Kantzouris to Hapoel Jerusalem". Sportando. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ↑ AEK tabs Ilias Kantzouris as the new head coach.
  7. ↑ "Εθνική Ανδρών: Το επιτελείο συνεργατών του Βασίλη Σπανούλη". Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek). 17 November 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
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