Gerasimos "Makis" Giatras (; born August 27, 1971) is a Greek professional
basketball coach
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who last served as the head coach for
Kolossos Rodou of the
Greek Basketball League
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(GBL) and the
Basketball Champions League
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(BCL).
Coaching career
Giatras began his
coaching
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career in 1996. He became the
head coach
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of the Greek club
Promitheas Patras, in 2013. With Promitheas, he won the
Greek 4th Division championship in 2014, and the
Greek 3rd Division championship in 2015. With him as head coach, Promitheas then earned a league
promotion
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to Greece's
2nd Division, in
2016
2016 was designated as:
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.
With Promitheas, he coached in Greece's
1st Division, for the first time, in the
2017–18 season. In the
2018–19 season, he coached in a European-wide competition for the first time, coaching Promitheas in the
FIBA Champions League
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, which is one of Europe's two secondary level leagues. He was named the
Greek League Coach of the Year, of the
2018–19 season.
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On December 5, 2024, Giatras was hired as the new head coach of Kolossos Rodou, replacing Giorgos Sigalas
Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) (; born 31 July 1971 in Peristeri, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and is the current head coach of Greek Basketball League club Iraklis.
During the decade of the 1990s, ...
. Only eighteen days later, Giatras resigned from his position.
Executive career
Giatras worked as the general manager
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of Promitheas from 2016 to 2017.
References
External links
EuroCup Coach ProfileEurobasket.com Coach ProfileRealgm.com Coach ProfilePromitheas Patras Profile
Esperos Patras Profile
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1971 births
Living people
Doxa Lefkadas B.C. coaches
Greek basketball coaches
Greek basketball executives and administrators
Kolossos Rodou B.C. coaches
Promitheas Patras B.C. coaches