Michalis Kyritsis
Personal information | |
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Born | Ampelokipoi, Athens, Greece | 2 September 1945
Nationality | Greek |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1967: undrafted |
Playing career | 1963–1973 |
Position | Point guard |
Coaching career | 1973–2006 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1963–1973 | Panathinaikos |
As coach: | |
1973–1978 | Livingston High School |
1978 | Panathinaikos |
1979–1981 | Panellinios |
1982–1983 | Panionios |
1983–1986 | Panathinaikos |
1987–1988 | Panionios |
1988–1989 | Panathinaikos |
1989–1991 | Olympiacos |
1991–1992 | Aris |
1992–1993 | AEK Athens |
1993–1994 | Gymnastikos |
1997 | Panathinaikos |
Papagou | |
Peiraikos Syndesmos | |
2000–2002 | MKS Pruszkow |
2005–2006 | Kolossos |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As head coach:
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Michalis Kyritsis (alternate spellings: Mihalis, Kiritsis) (Greek: Μιχάλης Κυρίτσης, 2 September 1945) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, he played at the point guard position.
Playing career
[edit]Kyritsis began playing youth club basketball with the youth teams of Panathinaikos, in 1958. He began his pro career with the men's senior team, Panathinaikos, in 1963. With Panathinaikos, he won 5 Greek League championships, in the years 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1973.[1][2]
Coaching career
[edit]After he ended his basketball playing career, Kyritsis began working as a basketball coach. He was the head coach of the following Greek basketball clubs: Panathinaikos, Panellinios, Panionios, Olympiacos, Aris, AEK Athens, Gymnastikos S. Larissas, Papagou, and Kolossos. With Panathinaikos, he won the Greek League championship in 1984, and the Greek Cup, in 1986. With Aris, he won the Greek League championship in 1991.
Administrative career
[edit]Kyritsis was the General Director of the Greek Basket League, from 2003 to 2004. He was also the general manager of PAOK.
Personal life
[edit]Krytsis' son, Alexis, is a professional basketball player.[3][4] Both Michalis and his son played with Panathinaikos.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Michalis Kyritsis at basket.gr (in Greek)
- Michalis Kyritsis at basketspake.com (in Greek)
- 1945 births
- AEK B.C. coaches
- Aris B.C. coaches
- Greek basketball coaches
- Greek basketball executives and administrators
- Greek men's basketball players
- Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. coaches
- Kolossos Rodou B.C. coaches
- Olympiacos B.C. coaches
- Panathinaikos B.C. coaches
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- Panionios B.C. coaches
- Panellinios B.C. coaches
- Papagou B.C. coaches
- Peiraikos Syndesmos B.C. coaches
- Point guards
- Living people
- Basketball players from Athens
- 20th-century Greek sportsmen