_(cropped).jpg) Itoudis at the signing ceremony atFenerbahçe in 2022 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Israeli Premier League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1970-09-08)September 8, 1970 (age 55) Trikala, Imathia, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Coaching career | 1990–present |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 1990–1992 | Zagreb (youth) |
| 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 |
| 2024–present | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Career highlights | |
As head coach:
As assistant coach: | |
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Dimitrios Itoudis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek:Δημήτριος Ιτούδης, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professionalbasketballcoach who is currently the head coach forHapoel Tel Aviv of theIsraeli Premier League and theEuroleague. He formerly coached theGreece men's national basketball team.
Itoudis began his coaching career in 1990, when he began coachingZagreb's Under-18 team inCroatia. In 1992, he became an assistant coach with thesenior men's team of Zagreb. In 1995, he became an assistant coach with theGreek Basket League clubPAOK.[citation needed]
He then became thehead coach of PAOK in 1996. He was an assistant coach with the Greek clubPanionios, 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 clubMENT.[citation needed]
He then became the assistant coach ofŽeljko Obradović, with the Greek clubPanathinaikos. He worked as Panathinaikos' assistant, from 1999 to 2012. While he was Panathinaikos' assistant coach, he was a part of 5EuroLeague championship teams (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011), 11Greek League championship teams (2000, 2001, 2003–2011), and 7Greek Cup winning teams (2003, 2005–2009, 2012)[citation needed]
Itoudis became the head coach of theTurkish Super League clubBanvit in 2013.[1] In June 2014, he became the head coach ofCSKA Moscow, signing a two-year deal.[2][3] In his first season working with the team (2014–15), CSKA Moscow won theVTB United League, after eliminatingKhimki 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 theEuroLeague 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 withFenerbahçe.[8] His contract was terminated in December 2023, a year ahead of the end of his contract.
At the end of November 2024, he signed with the Israeli EuroCup teamHapoel Tel Aviv, replacing his former assistant coachStefanos Dedas.[1] A few months later, he won the EuroCup title.[2]
| Legend | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win-loss % | ||
Note: TheEuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow | 2014–15 | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | Won in 3rd place game |
| 2015–16 | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | WonEuroLeague Championship | |
| 2016–17 | 35 | 26 | 9 | .743 | Won in 3rd place game | |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 27 | 9 | .750 | Lost in 3rd place game | |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 29 | 7 | .806 | WonEuroLeague Championship | |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | Season cancelled | |
| 2020–21 | 39 | 27 | 12 | .692 | Lost in 3rd place game | |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 14 | 10 | .583 | CSKA kicked out of the Euroleague due to war | |
| Career | 257 | 192 | 65 | .747 | ||
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow | 2019–20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | Season cancelled |
| CSKA Moscow | 2020–21 | 34 | 25 | 9 | .735 | Won2021 VTB United League Finals |
| CSKA Moscow | 2021–22 | 31 | 24 | 7 | .774 | Season cancelled |
| Career | 84 | 64 | 20 | .762 | ||
