Minas Gekos

Minas Gekos (in Greek: Μηνάς Γκέκος; born November 7, 1959 in Constantinople is a Greek professional basketball coach and retired player. A 1.87 m shooting guard, Gekos started his career with ITU in 1975. Due to the Greek-Turkish problems, he came to Greece and joined AEK Athens BC where he played until 1991. Then he continued his career to PAO BC (1991-94), and returned to AEK Athens BC for his last season as a player (1994-95)

Coaching career

• Assistant coach of Vlado Đurović and Slobodan Subodic in AEK Athens BC (1995/96)
• Assistant coach of Slobodan Subodic in PAO BC (1997-1999)
• Head coach of Esperos (1999-00)
• Head coach of Apollon Patras BC (2000-02)
• Head coach of Papagos BC (2003-04)
• Assistant coach of Panagiotis Giannakis in Maroussi BC (2005-06)
• Assistant coach of Luka Pavićević in Panionios BC (2006-07)
• Head coach of Panionios BC (2007)
• Head coach of AEK Athens BC (2010-2011)

Achievements as a player

• Won the Greek Cup in 1981 with AEK.
• Played in the Greek Cup finals in 1978, 1980 & 1988 with AEK
• Member of the PAO BC roster that won the Greek Cup in 1993, but din't played in the final.
• Overalled he has played 4 Cup Finals, and scored 72 points.
• He is one of the best ever scorers in the league, scoring 6131 pts in both A Ethniki & A1_Ethniki
• Has played 188 games and scored 2701 points in A1_Ethniki
• He has played 54 games with national team of Greece. Member of the 1979 & 1983 Eurobasket roster.

Achievements as a coach

• Won Greek Championship as an assistant coach in 1998 & 1999

External links

• Hellenic Basketball Association player page
• FIBA player page

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Name	Gekos, Minas
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