Heracles’s coach and officially is Costas Mexas. The 46-year-old coach succeeds Stergio Koufos, who resigned, and will make his debut in tomorrow (10/11), away match against Bahcesehir.
«It is an important moment for me to return to Hercules. We have lived several good times here, but also some difficult ones. I hope that the moments we will experience in the next period of time will be pleasant again. It definitely takes a lot of work, at all levels, on and off the floor. We believe that the team has talent, has perspective, has capable children and I believe that it has shown these elements. She was unlucky in some games. I believe that through hard work we will get the results we want to get the team out of the difficult position it is in.“, Said the Corfiot coach, who had led Hercules to rise in 2019.
He said about tomorrow’s match: “We have a match ahead of us with Bahcesehir College, which we can use to see some things, even though it comes very quickly and after just a workout with the team. We will be able to evaluate some things, because it is important at a given time to evaluate some situations, to see where we are going, what we need to improve and in which areas to emphasize».
The announcement:
KAE IRAKLIS announces the agreement with Costas Mexas until the end of the current season. The 45-year-old coach returns, after about two and a half years to Ivanofeio, as he was the one who led her to the rise in A1, after the end of the 2018-2019 season.
He took his first steps in coaching, at the age of 21, taking over the team of Chortiatis (1997-2003). Then she collaborated with Ampelokipi (2003-2004), while she passed through the bench of the women’s teams of Alexander the Great (2004-2005) and Kastoria (2005-2006). He worked at MENT (2006-2007) and followed his first term (2008-2011) at HERACLES, as a member of the technical staff of our team. For four years (2011-2015), he was in the coaching team of KAOD and in the 2014-2015 season he was promoted to the first coach of the Drama team. This was followed by his presence in Apollon Patras (2015-2017) and Trikala (2017-2018) and in the 2018-2019 season he was at the helm of HERACLES, celebrating with the “blue and whites” the return to the big category.
In February 2020, he agreed with PAOK, but managed to coach him in only two league games, before the suspension of the Basket League, due to the pandemic. He renewed his collaboration with his compatriot for the next season (2020-2021), leaving about half of last year.
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