{{short description|German basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = 2023-01-03 ALBA Berlin gegen Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Basketball-Bundesliga 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–018.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Perwas with Skyliners Frankfurt in 2023 | team = Skyliners Frankfurt | league = Basketball Bundesliga | name = Klaus Perwas | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | position = Head coach | number = | birth_date = {{b-da|8 March 1971}} | birth_place = Osnabrück, Germany | college = | draft_year = | career_start = 1992 | career_end = 2010 | career_position = | career_number = | coach_start = 2000 | years1 = 1995–1999 | team1 = Baskets Bonn | cyears1 = 2000–2002 | cteam1 = Baskets Bonn (assistant) | cyears2 = 2002–2005 | cteam2 = Dragons Rhöndorf (assistant) | cyears3 = 2005–2006 | cteam3 = Dragons Rhöndorf (head coach) | cyears4 = 2008–2023 | cteam4 = Skyliners Frankfurt (assistant) | cyears5 = 2023 | cteam5 = Skyliners Frankfurt (head coach) | cyears6 = 2023–2025 | cteam6 = Skyliners Frankfurt (assistant) | cyears7 = 2025–present | cteam7 = Skyliners Frankfurt | highlights = | medaltemplates = }}

'''Klaus Perwas''' (born 8 March 1971) is a German basketball coach and former player.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deutsche-bank-skyliners.de/perwas.html |title=DEUTSCHE BANK SKYLINERS: AC Klaus Perwas |access-date=2010-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406063440/http://www.deutsche-bank-skyliners.de/perwas.html |archive-date=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Playing career== In the late 80s, Perwas was considered as a major talent as he capped for Germany's junior national teams on many occasion. His final breakthrough happened when he joined the Baskets Bonn in 1995. There, as the team's playmaker, he became a member of the German national basketball team.<ref>[https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=01000005347 MUNZINGER SPORT], Munzinger Biographie. Accessed 23 July 2018. {{in lang|de}}</ref> Altogether, Perwas played professional basketball for the German teams SG Bramsche-Osnabrück (1992–94), SSV Ulm 1846 (1994–1995) and Telekom Baskets Bonn (1995–1999). His playing career ended prematurely after serious knee-injuries.<ref>{{cite news|title="Habe praktisch in der Halle gelebt"|url=https://www.noz.de/archiv/vermischtes/artikel/367265/habe-praktisch-in-der-halle-gelebt|work=Osnabrücker Zeitung|date=13 November 2009|accessdate=22 June 2018|language=German}}</ref>

==Coaching career== Perwas joined the coaching staff of the Telekom Baskets Bonn in 2000. Later, he also coached for the Dragons Rhoendorf and Skyliners Frankfurt.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

==German national team== Perwas played 12 games for the Germany national basketball team. His most notable performance was 17 points against Greece.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Skyliners Frankfurt current roster}}

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