Dimitrios Itoudis

Itoudis at the signing ceremony at Fenerbahçe in 2022
Free agent
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1970-09-08) September 8, 1970 (age 53) Trikala, Imathia, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Coaching career	1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1992	Zagreb U-18
1992–1995	Zagreb (assistant)
1995–1996	PAOK (assistant)
1996	PAOK
1996–1997	Panionios (assistant)
1997–1999	Philippos Thessaloniki
1999	MENT
1999–2012	Panathinaikos (assistant)
2013–2014	Banvit
2014–2022	CSKA Moscow
2022–2023	Greece
2022–2023	Fenerbahçe Beko
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 2× EuroLeague champion (2016, 2019) 6× Russian League champion (2015–2019, 2021) 6× VTB United League champion (2015–2019 2021) 5× Gomelsky Cup champion (2015–2016, 2018–2020) VTB United League Supercup winner (2021) 2× All-Europe Coach of the Year (2016, 2019) 2× EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2016, 2019) 4× VTB United League Coach of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) VTB United League Hall of Fame (2023) As assistant coach: 5× EuroLeague champion (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) 11× Greek League champion (2000, 2001, 2003–2011) 7× Greek Cup winner (2003, 2005–2009, 2012) Gomelsky Cup champion (2009) Athens, Greece Invitational Game champion (2007)

Dimitrios Itoudis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτριος Ιτούδης, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professional basketball coach. He also formally coached the Greece men's national basketball team.

Coaching career

Itoudis began his coaching career in 1990, when he began coaching Zagreb's Under-18 team in Croatia. In 1992, he became an assistant coach with the senior men's team of Zagreb. In 1995, he became an assistant coach with the Greek Basket League club PAOK.^{[citation needed]}

He then became the head coach of PAOK in 1996. He was an assistant coach with the Greek club Panionios, during the 1996–97 season, before becoming the head coach of the Greek club, Philippos Thessaloniki, from 1997 to 1999. After that, he was the head coach of the Greek club MENT.^{[citation needed]}

He then became the assistant coach of Željko Obradović, with the Greek club Panathinaikos. He worked as Panathinaikos' assistant, from 1999 to 2012. While he was Panathinaikos' assistant coach, he was a part of 5 EuroLeague championship teams (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011), 11 Greek League championship teams (2000, 2001, 2003–2011), and 7 Greek Cup winning teams (2003, 2005–2009, 2012)^{[citation needed]}

Itoudis became the head coach of the Turkish Super League club Banvit in 2013.^[1] In June 2014, he became the head coach of CSKA Moscow, signing a two-year deal.^[2][3] In his first season working with the team (2014–15), CSKA Moscow won the VTB United League, after eliminating Khimki with a 3–0 series sweep in the league's finals series.^[4]

In his second season with CSKA Moscow (2015–16), he became the first Greek basketball coach to win the EuroLeague championship with a foreign (non-Greek) club. On June 3, 2016, he re-signed with CSKA for three seasons.^[5] In July 2016, he was named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year, for the 2015–16 season.^[6]

He left CSKA Moscow in June 2022, with one year remaining on his contract.^[7]

On 19 June 2022, he signed a 3-year-deal with Fenerbahçe.^[8] He also left Fener in Dec 2023 with one year remaining from his contract.

Coaching record

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

Domestic Leagues