With quick reflexes he pointed to it Maroussi. A few hours after the heavy defeat by Panionios and the announcement of the resignation of Nikos Vetoulas, the team of the northern suburbs formalized the recruitment of Ilias Zouro.
The experienced technician agreed for 1.5 years with the “yellow and black”, with the president of the team, Dimos Stasinopoulos, moving immediately and making one more financial excessso that he can see the team improve and play the basketball they can with the very good roster they have.
Zouros returns to Maroussi as first coach after having worked in the team in the 1998-99 season (the year of the return to A1) as a direct partner of Kostas Petropoulos. Last season he was on the bench of AEK Betsson and also of Sages of Beirut.
The announcement in detail:
KAE GS AMAROUSIOU 1896 announces the start of its collaboration with Ilias Zouros. The 58-year-old coach agreed for 1.5 years, with the team’s president, Dimos Stasinopoulos, who moved immediately and went above and beyond in trying to help the team find its way. Zouros returns to Maroussi as first coach after having worked in the team in the 1998-99 season (the year of the return to A1) as a direct partner of Kostas Petropoulos.
WHO IS HE?
Ilias Zouros was born on March 11, 1966. He started his coaching journey at a young age as a technician in the infrastructure departments of Panioni. In Greece, as a first coach he worked at Paleo Faliro, Olympiakos, N. East, Aris, Panhellenios, Peristeri, Promethea and AEK, while he has a long tenure in foreign teams. He worked at Sages Beirut, Racing Club, Zalgiris Kaunas, Anatolou Efes, Tofas Boursa and Buduchnost. He coached the Greek National Team (2011-12) and the Georgian National Team (2016-2023)
TITLES-DISTINCTIONS
In 2003, he won the Lebanese Championship and the FIBA ​​Asia Champions Cup, with Sajes Beirut. He led Panhellenic to one of the greatest moments in its history with the qualification to the Final 4 of the Eurocup, in the period 2009-2010 and at the same time, he was named Coach of the Year in the competition. With Zalgiris (two terms) he won three trophies (Championship, Cup, Baltic League Championship). He led the Georgian national team to the final stage of the last Eurobasket for the first time in the country’s history.
Coach, welcome to the Amarousi family.
Source: Sport Fm
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