Dimitrios Priftis
Dimitrios Priftis is a Greek professional basketball coach who serves as the head coach for Pallacanestro Reggiana of LBA.
Club coaching career
After having previously worked as the head coach of Kavala and Ikaros Kallitheas, Prifitis became the head coach of Kolossos Rodou in 2013.He was hired as an assistant coach at Panathinaikos in 2014. He then became the head coach of Aris later that same year. He was named the Greek League Best Coach in 2016.
He became the head coach of the Russian VTB United League club, UNICS Kazan, in 2017.
On June 26, 2021, he became the head coach of Panathinaikos, signing a three-year deal with the "Greens". On April 12, 2022, Priftis was fired from his position, after a series of negative results and a catastrophic season in the EuroLeague.
On June 16, 2022, he has signed with Tofaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.
On June 19, 2023, he signed with Pallacanestro Reggiana of the LBA. He immediately led his team to the semifinals of the Italian cup and the semifinals of the Italian league winning the right his team to participate the next season to the European Champions league and making the club renew his contract until 2026.