Vangelis Ziagkos Explained

Vangelis Ziagkos
Position:Head coach
League:Greek A2 Elite League
Team:Mykonos
Birth Date:1976 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:Ioannina, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Coach Start:1995
Cyears1:1995–2010
Cteam1:ΑΕΚ Athens (juniors and cadets)
Cyears2:2008–2011
Cteam2:ΑΕΚ Athens (assistant)
Cyears3:2010-2011
Cteam3:Ikaros Neas Smyrnis
Cyears4:2012–2014
Cteam4:ΑΕΚ Athens
Cyears5:2014–2015
Cteam5:Doxa Lefkadas
Cyears6:2015–2016
Cteam6:Panionios
Cyears7:2016–2017
Cteam7:Al Riyadhi (assistant)
Cyears8:2017–2018
Cteam8:Panionios
Cyears10:2018–2020
Cteam10:Rethymno Cretan Kings
Cyears11:2020-2021
Cteam11:Iraklis
Cyears12:2021–2022
Cteam12:Vasas
Cyears13:2022–2024
Cteam13:Nagasaki Velca (assistant)
Cyears14:2024–present
Cteam14:Mykonos
Highlights:As head coach

Evangelos "Vangelis" Ziagkos (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Ziagos) (born March 14, 1976; el|Βαγγέλης Ζιάγκος) is a Greek professional basketball coach, currently managing Mykonos of the Greek A2 Elite League.

Playing career

Ziagkos played youth club basketball with Attalos Nea Filadelfeia, and also played in the Greek minor leagues with the same club's men's team.

Coaching career

Ziagkos became the head coach the Greek basketball club AEK Athens, prior to the 2012–13 season. He led AEK to gain a league promotion that season, from the Greek 3rd Division, to the Greek 2nd Division. In the following 2013–14 season, he led AEK to the Greek 2nd Division championship. He was also named the Greek 2nd Division's Coach of the Year that season.[1]

He then worked as the head coach of the Greek clubs Doxa Lefkadas[2] and Panionios.[3]

On November 20, 2018, he was appointed head coach of the Rethymno Cretan Kings.

On July 19, 2020, he has signed with Iraklis of the Greek Basket League.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.infobasket.gr/infobasket-a2-awards-2014/ Infobasket A2 Awards (2014).
  2. http://www.a1basket.gr/2015/10/vangelis-ziagkos-left-doxa-lefkadas.html Vangelis Ziagkos left Doxa Lefkadas.
  3. http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A1Panionios/ziagkos-ki-epishma-ston-paniwnio.4896663.html Ζιάγκος κι επίσημα στον Πανιώνιο .
  4. Web site: Iraklis appoints Vangelis Ziagkos as new head coach. July 19, 2020. Sportando. En. July 19, 2020.