Ghassan Sarkis
{{Short description|Lebanese basketball coach (born 1957)}}
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| name = Ghassan Sarkis
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|8|df=y}}
| nationality = Lebanese, French
| team = Tadamon Hrajel
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| coach_start = 1978
| league = Lebanese Basketball League
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Ghassan Sarkis ({{langx|ar|غسان سركيس}}, born in Bikfaya on August 8, 1957{{Cite web|title=Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Eurobasket LLC}}) is a Lebanese-French basketball coach who currently manages Tadamon Hrajel in the Lebanese Basketball League. He became especially famous during his time coaching the Lebanese team Sagesse in its golden years of success of the 1990s and 2000s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=121202&fromgoogle=1|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He has also coached the Lebanon national basketball team.{{cite news|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/59380/lebanon-overwhelms-tired-smart-gilas-five|title=Lebanon overwhelms tired Smart Gilas five|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=2012-08-23|accessdate=2021-05-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/LIB-Lebanon-pick-Ghassan-Sarkis-as-national-team-coach|title=LIB - Lebanon pick Ghassan Sarkis as national team coach|work=FIBA|date=2011-06-21|accessdate=2021-05-31}}
Biography
Born in Bikfaya, Matn, on August 8, 1957, he has 3 children: Karl Sarkis, the basketball player, Ralph, and Stephany.{{Cite web|title=GHASSAN SARKIS|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/ghassansarkis.html|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.abdogedeon.com}}
He began his coaching career in 1978, in the midst of the Civil War.
In 1992, he was appointed the coach the Sagesse club, and with them won the Lebanese Championship, and the FIBA Asia Champions Cup in 1999 and 2000.
In 2005, he started training Champville.
In 2021, he was hospitalized after experiencing complications from COVID-19. On February 24, 2021, it was reported that he had been extubated and was recovering.{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Local/1155338/coach-sarkis---i-have-been-extubated-and-i-am-now-recovering-|title=Coach Sarkis: "I have been extubated and I am now recovering"|work=MTV Lebanon|date=2021-02-24|accessdate=2021-05-30}}
On June 4, 2023, he resigned with Sagesse Club as a head coach.
Previous teams
;Lebanon
- Sagesse
- Champville
- Homenetmen
- Amchit
- Al-Riyadi
- Kahraba Zouk
- Abnaa Neptun
- Club Aamal Sportif Bikfaya{{Cite web|date=2011-05-24|title=Ghassan Sarkis : Mon rêve serait de gagner le championnat avec Champville|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/705203/Ghassan_Sarkis%2B%253A_Mon_reve_serait_de_gagner_le_championnat_avec_Champville.html|access-date=2021-02-20|website=L'Orient-Le Jour}}
;Syria
- Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo (2004–2005; 2022-2023)
See also
References
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