Missas Pantazopoulos


Michailis "Missas" Pantazopoulos was a Greek professional basketball player and coach.

Playing career

Club career

During his club career, Pantazopoulos played with the Greek teams Panellionios and Panathinaikos. With Panellinios, he won 2 Greek League championships, in 1939 and 1940. He also won 3 Greek League championships with Panathinaikos, in 1946, 1947, and 1950.

National team career

Pantazopoulos was a member of the senior Greek national basketball team. With Greece, he won the bronze medal at the 1949 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

Clubs

During his playing career, Papazoglou was also a player-coach. He continued to work as a basketball coach, after he retired from playing. He was the head coach of the Greek clubs Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. As a head coach, he won a total of 8 Greek League championships.
He won the Greek League championship with Panathinaikos, in 1946, 1947, 1950, and 1951. He also won the Greek League championship with AEK Athens, in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966. He also led AEK Athens to the 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four.

National team

Pantazopoulos was also the head coach of the senior Greek national basketball team. He was Greece's head coach at the 1967 Mediterranean Games, and the 1967 EuroBasket. He also coached Greece at the 1968 and 1969 Balkan Games.