DIMITRIS
PRIFTIS

COACH
Dimitris Priftis
BIRTH DATE
27/10/1968
BIRTH PLACE
ATHENS
NATIONALITY
GREEK
  • BIO

Dimitris Priftis (born October 27, 1968) is a Greek professional basketball coach. 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.

In 2017 he became the head coach of the Russian VTB United League club, UNICS Kazan. He stayed there till 2021. 

Priftis has also worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team between 2008 and 2012, and from 2014 to the present. He has worked as an assistant coach with Greece at the following tournaments: the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 2011, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the EuroBasket 2015, and the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.