Giannis Ioannidis

Giannis Ioannidis
Personal information
Born	26 February 1945; Thessaloniki, Greece
Died	4 October 2023 (aged 78); Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1960–1978
Position	Point guard
Number	5
Coaching career	1978–2003
Career history
As a player:
1960–1978	Aris
As a coach:
1978–1979	Aris
1979–1981	G.S. Larissas
1980–1981	Greece
1982–1990	Aris
1991–1996	Olympiacos
1996–1998	AEK
1999–2000	Olympiacos
2002–2003	Greece
Career highlights
	As head coach: 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors; Greek League Hall of Fame (2022); 12× Greek League champion (1979, 1983, 1985–1990, 1993–1996); 6× Greek Cup winner (1985, 1987–1990, 1994); Greek Super Cup winner (1986); Greek 2nd Division champion (1980);

Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) (Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; 26 February 1945 – 4 October 2023) was a Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and Greece New Democracy (ND) politician. Ioannidis was generally considered to be the best Greek professional basketball club head coach of all-time, since he was the one with the most top-tier level major Greek national club titles won (19 in total, 14 with Aris, and 5 with Olympiacos). In all competition levels overall, he won a total of 20 club league titles as a head coach. He also holds the all-time record for the most wins as a head coach, in the history of the Greek Championship.

Personal information
Born	(1945-02-26)26 February 1945 Thessaloniki, Greece
Died	4 October 2023(2023-10-04) (aged 78) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1960–1978
Position	Point guard
Number	5
Coaching career	1978–2003
Career history
As a player:
1960–1978	Aris
As a coach:
1978–1979	Aris
1979–1981	G.S. Larissas
1980–1981	Greece
1982–1990	Aris
1991–1996	Olympiacos
1996–1998	AEK
1999–2000	Olympiacos
2002–2003	Greece

Career highlights
As head coach: 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors Greek League Hall of Fame (2022) 12× Greek League champion (1979, 1983, 1985–1990, 1993–1996) 6× Greek Cup winner (1985, 1987–1990, 1994) Greek Super Cup winner (1986) Greek 2nd Division champion (1980)