Giannis Ioannidis

Giannis Ioannidis
Personal information
Born	26 February 1945; Thessaloniki, Greece
Died	4 October 2023 (aged 78); Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1960–1978
Position	Point guard
Number	5
Coaching career	1978–2003
Career history
Playing
1960–1978	Aris
Coaching
1977	Ergotelis
1978–1979	Aris
1979–1981	G.S. Larissas
1980–1981	Greece
1982–1990	Aris
1991–1996	Olympiacos
1996–1998	AEK
1999–2000	Olympiacos
2002–2003	Greece
Career highlights
	As head coach: 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors; Greek League Hall of Fame (2022); 12× Greek League champion (1979, 1983, 1985–1990, 1993–1996); 6× Greek Cup winner (1985, 1987–1990, 1994); Greek Super Cup winner (1986); Greek 2nd Division champion (1980);

Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) (Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; 26 February 1945 – 4 October 2023) was a Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and Greece New Democracy (ND) politician. Ioannidis was generally considered to be the best Greek professional basketball club head coach of all-time, since he was the one with the most top-tier level major Greek national club titles won (19 in total, 14 with Aris, and 5 with Olympiacos). In all competition levels overall, he won a total of 20 club league titles as a head coach. He also holds the all-time record for the most wins as a head coach, in the history of the Greek Championship.