Dinos Kalampakos

Dinos Kalampakos (alternate spelling: Kalabakos) (Greek: Ντίνος Καλαμπάκος; born November 14, 1964) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. Kalampakos spent the bulk of his club playing career with the Greek team Pagrati.

Charilaos Trikoupis
Position	Head coach
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	(1964-11-14) November 14, 1964 Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1979–1998
Position	Shooting guard
Coaching career	1999–present
Career history
As player:
1979–1990	Pagrati
1990–1992	Panathinaikos
1992–1994	Sporting
1994–1996	Pagrati
1996–1997	Ampelokipoi
1997–1998	Pagrati
As coach:
1999–2000	Pagrati (assistant)
2000–2006	Platonas Schools
2006–2008	Gyzikos
2008–2009	ICBS
2009–2012	Peramatos Ermis
2012	Polis Kallitheas
2012–2013	Papagou
2013–2016	Pagrati
2016–2018	Koroivos Amaliadas
2019–present	Charilaos Trikoupis
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: Greek 2nd Division champion (2020) Greek 2nd Division Coach of the Year (2016)

Early years

Kalampakos was born in Athens, Greece, on 14 November 1964. At a young age, he began playing youth club basketball with the junior teams of Pagrati.

Professional career

Kalampakos first played with the senior men's team of Pagrati in 1979, at the age of 14. He stayed with Pagrati until 1990, and with the club, he managed to gain a league promotion up to the top-tier level Greek Basket League. During that season, he was the team's second best scorer, behind Earl Harrison, with a scoring average of 20.4 points per game.

In 1990, Kalampakos transferred to the Greek club Panathinaikos, where he played until 1992. Over the next two seasons, Kalampakos played with the Greek club Sporting. In 1994, he returned to Pagrati, where he stayed until 1996. Kalampakos spent the 1996–97 season with Ampelokipoi, before finishing his club playing career with Pagrati, in the 1997–98 season.

Coaching career

Kalampakos began his coaching career with the Greek club Pagrati, in the 1999–00 season, working as the assistant coach of Giorgos Nikolopoulos. From 2000 to 2006, he worked as the head coach of Platonas Schools, where he trained players like Nikos Gkikas, Ioannis Dimakos, Spyros Motsenigos, and Dimitris Cheilaris. In 2008, he became the head coach of ICBS. He then continued in that role, after the club merged with Peramatos Ermis.

During the 2012–13 season, Kalampakos wad the head coach of Polis Kallitheas and Papagou, before returning to Pagrati's head coaching position. He stayed with Pagrati until 2016. In 2016, Kalampakos was hired to be the head coach of Koroivos Amaliadas, of the Greek Basket League.[1]

After that, he worked as the technical director of Ionikos Nikaias,[2] before he became the head coach of Charilaos Trikoupis.

References

1. "Koroivos Amaliadas roster 2016-2017". a1basket.gr. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
2. Τεχνικός Διευθυντής στον Ιωνικό Νικαίας ο Καλαμπάκος (in Greek).

External links

• Eurobasket.com Coach Profile