The third coach to reach 100 appearances on his bench Mars in Stoiximan GBL in the annals of the professional league (since 1992/93) he became the Yannis Kastritis.
The technician from Trikali reached this very special milestone, in a route that started on December 22, 2018. Then the “yellow and black” had welcomed Holargos and had been defeated 58-59, with a basket by Danny Agbelis in the 3” and even though they had led by 17 points (31-14) halfway through the second period.
Kastritis had succeeded him Vangelis Angelou shortly before the end of the first round of the 2018-19 season and led Aris Midea to its finale, without however remaining at the “helm”. However, he did not say “goodbye” but “see you again” after he returned in the summer of 2021 and is now spending his fourth consecutive season on the bench of the Thessaloniki team.
The 42-year-old coach, who has a record of 42-58, joined Dimitris Priftis (63-46 in 109 games) and Andrea Matson (66-35 in 101 games). They are the three “100ers” out of a total of 27 coaches who coached the Thessaloniki team during the years of the professional Championship.
Kastritis will reach the Italian in the game of the 2nd game against Olympiakos and will surpass him in that of the 3rd against Promethea while in the last match of the first round of the regular season against Panathinaikos AKTOR, he will become the coach with the most games on the bench of Mars since 1992-93!
Last season, Kastritis became the coach with the most regular season games on Aris Midea’s bench. This against AEK Betsson was his 90th with a record of 40 wins and 50 losses, while in this list he is followed by Dimitris Priftis with 79, Soulis Markopoulos with 78 and Andrea Matson with 69 regular season games.
Source: Sport Fm
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