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

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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