1995–1996 PAOK (Assistant) Coaching career 1990–present Name Dimitrios Itoudis | Role Basketball Player 1992–1995 Zagreb (Assistant) Position Coach | |
League VTB United LeagueEuroleague Born September 8, 1970 (age 53) Veria, Greece ( 1970-09-08 ) Profiles | ||
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Dimitrios Itoudis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτριος Ιτούδης, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professional basketball coach, who currently serves as head coach of CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League.
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Coaching career
Itoudis began his coaching career in 1990, when he began coaching Zagreb's Under-18 team in SFR Yugoslavia. 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.
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.
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)
Itoudis became the head coach of the Turkish Super League club Banvit in 2013. In June 2014, he became the head coach of CSKA Moscow, signing a two-year deal. 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.
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. In July 2016, he was named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year, for the 2015–16 season.
Continental 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.