{{short description|Greek professional basketball coach (born 1970)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dimitrios Itoudis | image = Dimitrios Itoudis 20220621 (1) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Itoudis at the signing ceremony at [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)|Fenerbahçe]] in 2022 | position = [[Head coach]] | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | team = Hapoel Tel Aviv | league = [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Israeli Premier League]]<br>[[EuroLeague]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|09|08}} | birth_place = [[Trikala, Imathia]], Greece | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = | career_number = | coach_start = 1990 | coach_end = | cyears1 = 1990–1992 | cteam1 = [[KK Zagreb|Zagreb]] (youth) | cyears2 = 1992–1995 | cteam2 = Zagreb (assistant) | cyears3 = 1995–1996 | cteam3 = [[PAOK BC|PAOK]] (assistant) | cyears4 = 1996 | cteam4 = PAOK | cyears5 = 1996–1997 | cteam5 = [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]] (assistant) | cyears6 = 1997–1999 | cteam6 = [[Philippos Thessaloniki B.C.|Philippos Thessaloniki]] | cyears7 = 1999 | cteam7 = [[M.E.N.T. B.C.|MENT]] | cyears8 = 1999–2012 | cteam8 = [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]] (assistant) | cyears9 = 2013–2014 | cteam9 = [[Bandırma B.İ.K.|Banvit]] | cyears10 = 2014–2022 | cteam10 = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | cyears11 = 2022–2023 | cteam11 = [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]] | cyears12 = 2022–2023 | cteam12 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)|Fenerbahçe]] | cyears13 = 2024–present | cteam13 = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] | highlights = '''As head coach:''' * 2× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2015–16 Euroleague|2016]], [[2018–19 EuroLeague|2019]]) * [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion ([[2024–25 EuroCup Basketball|2025]]) * 6× [[VTB United League]] champion ([[2014–15 VTB United League|2015]]–[[2018–19 VTB United League|2019]], [[2020–21 VTB United League|2021]]) * [[VTB United League Supercup]] winner (2021) * 2× [[Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year|EuroLeague Coach of the Year]] ([[2015–16 Euroleague|2016]], [[2018–19 EuroLeague|2019]]) * 4× [[VTB United League Coach of the Year]] ([[2014–15 VTB United League|2015]], [[2016–17 VTB United League|2017]], [[2017–18 VTB United League|2018]], [[2021–22 VTB United League|2022]]) * [[Israeli Basketball Premier League Coach of the Year|Israeli League Coach of the Year]] ([[2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2025]]) * [[VTB United League Hall of Fame]] (2023) '''As assistant coach:''' * 5× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[1999–2000 Euroleague|2000]], [[2001–02 Euroleague|2002]], [[2006–07 Euroleague|2007]], [[2008–09 Euroleague|2009]], [[2010–11 Euroleague|2011]]) * 11× [[Greek Basketball League|Greek League]] champion ([[1999–2000 Greek Basket League|2000]], [[2000–01 Greek Basket League|2001]], [[2002–03 Greek Basket League|2003]]–[[2010–11 Greek Basket League|2011]]) * 7× [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (2003, 2005–2009, 2012) | medaltemplates = }} [[File:Dimitrios Itoudis PBC CSKA Moscow 20171027 (cropped).jpg|thumb|260px|Itoudis at the game between [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]] and [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], in November 2017.]] '''Dimitrios Itoudis''' (alternate spelling: Dimitris) ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος Ιτούδης}}, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professional [[basketball]] [[basketball coach|coach]] who is currently the head coach for [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Israeli Premier League]] and the [[EuroLeague|Euroleague]]. He formerly coached the [[Greece men's national basketball team]].

==Coaching career== Itoudis began his coaching career in 1990, when he began coaching [[KK Zagreb|Zagreb]]'s Under-18 team in [[Croatia]]. In 1992, he became an assistant coach with the [[KK Zagreb|senior men's team of Zagreb]]. In 1995, he became an assistant coach with the [[Greek Basket League]] club [[P.A.O.K. BC|PAOK]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}

He then became the [[head coach]] of PAOK in 1996. He was an assistant coach with the Greek club [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]], during the 1996–97 season, before becoming the head coach of the Greek club, [[Philippos Thessaloniki B.C.|Philippos Thessaloniki]], from 1997 to 1999. After that, he was the head coach of the Greek club [[MENT B.C.|MENT]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}

He then became the assistant coach of [[Željko Obradović]], with the Greek club [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]. He worked as Panathinaikos' assistant, from 1999 to 2012. While he was Panathinaikos' assistant coach, he was a part of 5 [[EuroLeague]] championship teams (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011), 11 [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] championship teams (2000, 2001, 2003–2011), and 7 [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winning teams (2003, 2005–2009, 2012){{fact|date=March 2022}}

Itoudis became the head coach of the [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish Super League]] club [[Banvit BK|Banvit]] in 2013.<ref>[http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/turkey/58216/banvit-name-dimitris-itoudis-head-coach.html Sportando.net Banvit name Dimitris Itoudis head coach.]</ref> In June 2014, he became the head coach of [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], signing a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andreas Pistiolis added to CSKA coaching staff.|url=http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?id=13533&lang=en|website=cskabasket.com|access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CSKA Moscow puts Itoudis in charge.|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/138064/180|website=euroleague.net|access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> In his first season working with the team ([[2014–15 VTB United League|2014–15]]), CSKA Moscow won the [[2014–15 VTB United League|VTB United League]], after eliminating [[BC Khimki|Khimki]] with a 3–0 series sweep in the league's finals series.<ref>{{cite news|title=CSKA wins championship! |url=http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/cska-wins-championship.htm |access-date=10 June 2015 |work=vtb-league.com |date=8 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610135415/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/cska-wins-championship.htm |archive-date=10 June 2015 }}</ref>

In his second season with CSKA Moscow ([[2015–16 Euroleague|2015–16]]), he became the first Greek basketball coach to win the EuroLeague championship with a foreign (non-Greek) club. On June 3, 2016, he re-signed with CSKA for three seasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Itoudis pens new deal with CSKA.|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/6xesbynrf4cq6duw/itoudis-pens-new-deal-with-cska|access-date=11 June 2016|work=euroleague.net|date=3 June 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, he was named the [[EuroLeague Coach of the Year]], for the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/|title=Latest News &#124; Euroleague|website=Euroleague Basketball|date=19 August 2024 }}</ref>

He left CSKA Moscow in June 2022, with one year remaining on his contract.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://blazetrends.com/itoudis-leaves-cska-after-losing-the-vtb-against-pascuals-zenit/|title=Itoudis leaves CSKA after losing the VTB against Pascual's Zenit|first=Ryan|last=Barclay|date=June 5, 2022}}</ref>

On 19 June 2022, he signed a 3-year-deal with [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)|Fenerbahçe]].<ref name="fener">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/basketbol-erkek/2022/6/dimitris-itoudis-fenerbahce-beko-da|title=Dimitris Itoudis Fenerbahçe Beko'da|trans-title=Dimitris Itoudis joins Fenerbahçe Beko|publisher=[[Fenerbahçe S.K.]]|date=June 19, 2022|language=tr}}</ref> His contract was terminated in December 2023, a year ahead of the end of his contract.

At the end of November 2024, he signed with the Israeli EuroCup team [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]], replacing his former assistant coach [[Stefanos Dedas]].[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/el/eurocup/news/itoudis-is-motivated-and-honored-to-take-over-at-hapoel/] A few months later, he won the EuroCup title.[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/tr/eurocup/news/hapoel-sweeps-gran-canaria-for-first-eurocup-title-and-ticket-to-euroleague/]

==Coaching record== {{Euroleague coach statistics legend}} ===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague coach statistics start}} |- | align="left" rowspan=8|[[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | align="left" |[[2014–15 Euroleague|2014–15]] |30||26||4||{{Winning percentage|26|4}}|| align="center"|[[2015 Euroleague Final Four|Won in 3rd place game]] |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | align="left" |[[2015–16 Euroleague|2015–16]] |29||24||5||{{Winning percentage|24|5}}|| align="center"|'''Won [[2016 Euroleague Final Four|EuroLeague Championship]]''' |-! | align="left" |[[2016–17 EuroLeague|2016–17]] |35||26||9||{{Winning percentage|26|9}}|| align="center"|[[2017 EuroLeague Final Four|Won in 3rd place game]] |- | align="left"|[[2017–18 EuroLeague|2017–18]] | 36 || 27 || 9 || {{Winning percentage|27|9}} || align="center"|[[2018 EuroLeague Final Four|Lost in 3rd place game]] |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | align="left" |[[2018–19 Euroleague|2018–19]] |36||29||7||{{Winning percentage|29|7}}|| align="center"|'''Won [[2019 EuroLeague Final Four|EuroLeague Championship]]''' |- | align="left"|[[2019–20 EuroLeague|2019–20]] | 28 || 19 || 9 || {{Winning percentage|19|9}} || align="center"|''Season cancelled'' |- | align="left"|[[2020–21 EuroLeague|2020–21]] | 39 || 27 || 12 || {{Winning percentage|27|12}} || align="center"|[[2021 EuroLeague Final Four|Lost in 3rd place game]] |- | align="left"|[[2021–22 EuroLeague|2021–22]] | 24 || 14 || 10 || {{Winning percentage|14|10}} || align="center"|''CSKA kicked out of the EuroLeague due to the [[Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)|Russo-Ukrainian war]]'' |- | align="left" rowspan=2|[[Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)|Fenerbahçe]] | align="left" |[[2022–23 EuroLeague|2022–23]] |39||21||8||{{Winning percentage|21|8}}|| align="center"|Eliminated in [[2023 EuroLeague Playoffs|Quarterfinal Playoffs]] |- | align="left" |[[2023–24 EuroLeague|2023–24]] |13||6||7||{{Winning percentage|6|7}}|| align="center"|''Fired'' |- | align="left" |[[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] | align="left" |[[2025–26 EuroLeague|2025–26]] |42||24||18||{{Winning percentage|24|18}}|| align="center"|Eliminated in [[2026 EuroLeague Playoffs|Quarterfinal Playoffs]] |- | align="center" colspan=2|'''Career'''||351||243||98||{{Winning percentage|243|98}}|| {{s-end}}

===Domestic Leagues=== {{Euroleague coach statistics start}} |- | align="left" |[[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | align="left" |[[2019–20 VTB United League|2019–20]] |19||15||4||{{winning percentage|15|4}}|| align="center"| ''Season cancelled'' |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | align="left" |[[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | align="left" |[[2020–21 VTB United League|2020–21]] |34||25||9||{{winning percentage|25|9}}|| align="center"| '''Won [[2020–21 VTB United League|2021 VTB United League Finals]]''' |- | align="left" |[[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | align="left" |[[2021–22 VTB United League|2021–22]] |31||24||7||{{winning percentage|24|7}}|| align="center"| ''Season cancelled'' |-class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan=2|'''Career'''||84|||64|||20||{{winning percentage|64|20}}|| {{s-end}}

==See also== * [[List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Dimitrios Itoudis}} * [http://www.bdasportsinternational.com/dimitris-itoudis/ Dimitrios Itoudis] at bdasportsinternational.com * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=CAG Dimitrios Itoudis] at euroleague.net * {{twitter|itoudisd}}

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