League Turkish Super League Coaching career 2001–present 2004 MENT (assistant) Position Head coach | Nationality Greek 2001–2004 PAOK (assistant) 2004–2005 MENT | |
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Born May 10, 1982 (age 34)
Kilkis, Greece ( 1982-05-10 ) | ||
Stefanos Dedas (Greek: Στέφανος Δέδας; born May 10, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball head coach of Royal Halı Gaziantep of the Turkish Super League. He is the younger brother of Giorgos Dedas, who is a professional basketball player.
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Clubs
Dedas began his coaching career being only 19 years old with PAOK, working there from 2001 to 2004 as an assistant. On 2004, he became the assistant coach of MENT and later that season he became the head coach of the club.
The next season, he became the assistant coach of Jure Zdovc at Iraklis. From 2007 to 2009 he was the head coach of OFI Crete.
He also was the assistant coach of the Greek club Aris and Spartak Saint Petersburg from 2009 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2013 each.
On 2013, he became again the assistant coach of Jure Zdovc at Royal Halı Gaziantep. After the departure of Zdovc to AEK Athens on 2015, he became the head coach of the club.
Slovenia national team
In 2009, Dedas was named the assistant coach of the Slovenian national basketball team. Slovenia took the 4th place at the FIBA Eurobasket 2009.
In 2014, Dedas returned to Slovenian national basketball team again as an assistant coach of Jure Zdovc.