Yannis Christopoulos

Yannis Christopoulos (alternate spelling: Giannis; ; born 7 June 1974 in Patras) is a Greek professional basketball coach.

Coaching career Christopoulos began his coaching career in 1996, at the age of 22, with the youth departments of the Romanian club "U" SM Invest Cluj-Napoca. He then became an assistant coach with Apollon Patras, where he worked under head coach Dirk Bauermann. He also worked as an assistant coach under Bauermann in the German club Brandt Hagen.

Christopoulos' career as a club head coach started in 2004, in Cyprus, with Proteas EKA AEL. He was also the head coach of Apollon Patras. As the head coach of APOEL, he won the Cypriot League championship in 2010.

He became an assistant coach under Dirk Bauermann again, this time with Bayern Munich. After Bauermann left as Bayern's head coach, on 27 September 2012, Christopoulos was promoted to be the team's new head coach for the 2012–13 season. However, on 27 November 2012, he was replaced as the team's head coach by Svetislav Pešić.

Awards and accomplishments Cypriot League champion: 2010 Cypriot Super Cup winner: 2011