{{short description|Greek basketball coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Kostas Flevarakis<br/>Κώστας Φλεβαράκης | image = | caption = | width = | position = Head coach | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | league = | team = KB Ylli | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|05|24}} | birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | nationality = Greek | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = | career_number = | coach_start = 1988 | cyears1 = 1988–1995 | cteam1 = PAOK (Cadets, Juniors) | cyears2 = 1995–1998 | cteam2 = PAOK (assistant) | cyears3 = 1998–1999 | cteam3 = PAOK | cyears4 = 1999–2000 | cteam4 = PAOK (assistant) | cyears5 = 2000–2001 | cteam5 = PAOK | cyears6 = 2002–2003 | cteam6 = Panellinios | cyears7 = 2004–2005 | cteam7 = Akropol BBK | cyears8 = 2005–2010 | cteam8 = Sweden | cyears9 = 2005–2006 | cteam9 = Keravnos Strovolou | cyears10 = 2006-2007 | cteam10 = Makedonikos | cyears11 = 2006-2007 | cteam11 = Polpak Świecie | cyears12 = 2007-2008 | cteam12 = PAOK | cyears13 = 2008-2010 | cteam13 = AEK Athens | cyears14 = 2010-2012 | cteam14 = Ilysiakos | cyears15 = 2012–2013 | cteam15 = Phantoms Braunschweig | cyears16 = 2013-2015 | cteam16 = Aries Trikala | cyears17 = 2015 | cteam17 = AZS Koszalin | cyears18 = 2017–2018 | cteam18 = Aries Trikala | cyears19 = 2018 | cteam19 = Rethymno Cretan Kings | cyears20 = 2018–2019 | cteam20 = Astana | cyears21 = 2019–2020 | cteam21 = Kolossos Rodou | cyears22 = 2020 | cteam22 = PAOK | cyears23 = 2021–2022 | cteam23 = Soproni KC | cyears24 = 2023–present | cteam24 = KB Ylli | highlights = *FIBA Asia Champions Cup Bronze Medal (2017) *Cypriot Cup winner (2006) *Greek Cup winner (1999) }}
'''Kostas Flevarakis''' ({{langx|el|Κώστας Φλεβαράκης}}; born 24 May 1969) is a Greek professional basketball coach, currently serving as head coach for Kosovo team KB Ylli.
==Coaching career== After coaching in the junior teams of PAOK from 1988 to 1995, Flevarakis started working as an assistant coach with the Greek Basket League club PAOK in 1995. He became the head coach of PAOK in 1998. With PAOK, he won the Greek Cup in 1999. He became the head coach of the Greek club AEK in 2010.<ref>[http://www.sepk.gr/portal2/en-GB/seminars/767-------1 Kostas Flevarakis in AEK.]</ref>
Flevarakis worked as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks NBA Summer League team in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.diamondsportsagency.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234%3Akostas-flevarakis-&catid=47%3Aplayers&Itemid=108 |title=Kostas Flevarakis COACHING CAREER. |access-date=2016-03-14 |archive-date=2022-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228230032/http://www.diamondsportsagency.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234:kostas-flevarakis-&catid=47:players&Itemid=108 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
When he took over Soproni KC in the autumn of 2021, the team had a record of 2-7, and were out of the playoffs. Following Flevarakis' appointment, the team went 13 games unbeaten, the longest win streak in the Hungarian first division,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/csapat/20220205-alba-fehervar-kosarlabda-sopron-kc-ferfi-kosarlabda-bajnoksag-vojvoda-david.html|title = A Sopron az Alba Fehérvár elleni hihetetlen győzelemmel folytatta veretlenségi sorozatát az NB I-ben}}</ref> and climbed up to second place in the standings. The streak finally ended on February 16, following a 91–71 loss against Kecskemét.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.nemzetisport.hu/kosarlabda/ferfi-kosar-nb-i-falco-siker-pakson-kikapott-a-sopron-2877019|title = Férfi kosár NB I: Falco-siker Pakson; kikapott a Sopron - NSO}}</ref>
==Scouting career== Flevarakis was also a scout for the NBA club the Denver Nuggets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.diamondsportsagency.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234%3Akostas-flevarakis-&catid=47%3Aplayers&Itemid=108 |title=Kostas Flevarakis SEMINARS. |access-date=2016-03-14 |archive-date=2022-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228230032/http://www.diamondsportsagency.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234:kostas-flevarakis-&catid=47:players&Itemid=108 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Awards and accomplishments== *Greek Cup Winner: (1999) *Cypriot Cup Winner: (2006)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2008.roundID_5839.teamID_1003.coachID_739..html FIBA Europe profile] *[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=E2000&pcode=WAS Euroleague.net profile] *[http://www.diamondsportsagency.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234%3Akostas-flevarakis-&catid=47%3Aplayers&Itemid=108 Diamond Sports Agency Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228230032/http://www.diamondsportsagency.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234:kostas-flevarakis-&catid=47:players&Itemid=108 |date=2022-02-28 }} *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/coach/Kostas_Flevarakis/Aries-Trikalla-BC/3078 Eurobasket.com profile] *[http://www.aek.com/basketball/roster/kostas_flevarakis.htm AEK profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flevarakis, Kostas}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:AEK B.C. coaches Category:Aries Trikala B.C. coaches Category:AZS Koszalin coaches Category:Basketball Löwen Braunschweig coaches Category:BC Astana coaches Category:Greek basketball coaches Category:Greek expatriate basketball people in Germany Category:Greek expatriate basketball people in Kosovo Category:Greek expatriate basketball people in Poland Category:Ilysiakos B.C. coaches Category:Kolossos Rodou B.C. coaches Category:Keravnos B.C. coaches Category:Makedonikos B.C. coaches Category:Panellinios B.C. coaches Category:P.A.O.K. BC coaches Category:Polpak Świecie coaches Category:Rethymno B.C. coaches Category:KB Ylli coaches Category:Sportspeople from Thessaloniki