Dimitrios Priftis
{{short description|Greek basketball player and coach}}
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Δημήτρης Πρίφτης
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| position = Head coach
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| league = LBA
| team = Pallacanestro Reggiana
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|10|27}}
| birth_place = Athens, Greece
| nationality = Greek
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| cyears1 = 1998–2000
| cteam1 = Esperides Kallitheas women's team
| cyears2 = 2001–2002
| cteam2 = Dafni (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2002–2003
| cteam3 = Ionikos Nikaias (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2003–2009
| cteam4 = AEK (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2008–2012
| cteam5 = Greece (assistant)
| cyears6 = 2009–2010
| cteam6 = Aris (assistant)
| cyears7 = 2010–2012
| cteam7 = Kavala
| cyears8 = 2012–2013
| cteam8 = Ikaros Kallitheas
| cyears9 = 2013–2014
| cteam9 = Kolossos Rodou
| cyears10 = 2014
| cteam10 = Panathinaikos (assistant)
| cyears11 = 2014–2017
| cteam11 = Greece (assistant)
| cyears12 = 2014–2017
| cteam12 = Aris Thessaloniki
| cyears13 = 2017–2021
| cteam13 = UNICS Kazan
| cyears14 = 2021–2022
| cteam14 = Panathinaikos
| cyears15 = 2022–2023
| cteam15 = Tofaş
| cyears16 = 2023–present
| cteam16 = Reggiana
| highlights = *Greek Super Cup winner (2021)
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Dimitrios Priftis ({{langx|el|Δημήτρης Πρίφτης}}; born October 27, 1968) is a Greek professional basketball coach who serves as the head coach for Pallacanestro Reggiana of LBA.
Club coaching career
After having previously worked as the head coach of Kavala and Ikaros Kallitheas, Prifitis became the head coach of Kolossos Rodou in 2013.[http://www.a1basket.gr/2013/11/kolossos-rodou-signed-dimitris-priftis.html A1Basket.gr Kolossos Rodou signed Dimitris Priftis.]
He was hired as an assistant coach at Panathinaikos in 2014.[https://www.paobc.gr/page.ashx?pid=2&aid=10935&lang=2 PANATHINAIKOS BC - Alvertis is the new coach] He then became the head coach of Aris later that same year.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/128110/aris-thessaloniki-named-dimitris-priftis-new-head-coach.html Sportando.net Aris Thessaloniki named Dimitris Priftis new head coach.] He was named the Greek League Best Coach in 2016.[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A1Aris/proponhths-ths-xronias-o-prifths.4159103.html Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Πρίφτης {{in lang|el}}.]
He became the head coach of the Russian VTB United League club, UNICS Kazan, in 2017.
On June 26, 2021, he became the head coach of Panathinaikos, signing a three-year deal with the "Greens".[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1222479/panathinaikos-officially-appoints-dimitris-priftis-as-head-coach/ Panathinaikos officially appoints Dimitris Priftis as head coach] On April 12, 2022, Priftis was fired from his position, after a series of negative results and a catastrophic season in the EuroLeague.
On June 16, 2022, he has signed with Tofaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/dimitris-priftis-signs-a-three-year-deal-with-tofas-bursa/|title=Dimitris Priftis signs a three-year deal with Tofas Bursa|last=|first=|date=June 16, 2022|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=June 19, 2022 |last1=Maggi |first1=Alessandro }}
On June 19, 2023, he signed with Pallacanestro Reggiana of the LBA.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/pallacanestro-reggiana-announces-dimitris-priftis/|title=Pallacanestro Reggiana announces Dimitris Priftis|last=|first=|date=June 19, 2023|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=June 24, 2023 |last1=Maggi |first1=Alessandro }} He immediately led his team to the semifinals of the Italian cup and the semifinals of the Italian league winning the right his team to participate the next season to the European Champions league and making the club renew his contract until 2026. [https://sportal.eu/2024/02/16/reggio-emilia-dimitris-priftis-warns-his-team-after-success-over-virtus-bologna/] [https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1686901/dimitris-priftis-reggio-emilia-basketball-champions-league-2024-2025/]
National team career
Priftis has also worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team between 2008 and 2012, and from 2014 to the present. He has worked as an assistant coach with Greece at the following tournaments: the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 2011, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the EuroBasket 2015, and the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Continental coaching record
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| align="left" rowspan=1|Panathinaikos
| align="left" |2021–22
|28||9||19||{{Winning percentage|9|19}}|| align="center"|Eliminated in the regular season
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| align="center" colspan=2|Career||28||9||19||{{Winning percentage|9|19}}||
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References
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External links
- [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=U2015&pcode=BVU EuroCup Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140911023309/http://coachinglibrary.fiba.com/pages/eng/cl/FIBACoaches/p/fed//iocc/GRE/peid/25345/q//z//coach_search.html FIBA Coaching Profile]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_1342.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2008.roundID_5839.coachID_1251.html FIBA EuroChallenge Profile]
- [http://www.paobc.gr/page.ashx?pid=7&personId=98&seasonId=-1&lang=2 Panathinaikos B.C. Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907051941/http://www.paobc.gr/page.ashx?pid=7&personId=98&seasonId=-1&lang=2 |date=2014-09-07 }}
- [http://fcmbasketball.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=265%3Adimitris-priftis&catid=18%3Acoaches&Itemid=21 FCM.com Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907033656/http://fcmbasketball.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=265:dimitris-priftis&catid=18:coaches&Itemid=21 |date=2014-09-07 }}
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Category:Basketball players from Athens
Category:Greek basketball coaches
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