Kostas Missas

Konstantinos "Kostas" Missas (alternate spelling: Constandinos, Costas) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μίσσας; born August 15, 1953, in Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player, and current professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Olympiacos women basketball team. He also coached the Greece men's national basketball team at the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "The General".

Kostas Missas
Κώστας Μίσσας

Missas at a press conference in 2011
Olympiacos
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1953-08-15) August 15, 1953
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1968–1989
Coaching career	1989–present
Career history
As player:
1968–1986	Panionios
1986–1988	Panathinaikos
1988–1989	Panionios
As coach:
1989	AE Peramatos
1989–1993	Panionios (assistant)
1993–1994	Panionios
1994–1995	Peristeri
1994–1995	Cyprus
1996–1998	Papagou
1998–1999	Apollon Patras
2000–2001	Dafnis
2001–2002	KAOD
2002	Panionios
2004–2006	AGE Chalkida
2007–2011	Greece women
2009–2014	Greece Under-20
2014–2017	Promitheas Patras (academies)
2016–2017	Olympiacos women (technical director)
2017	Greece
2017–2018	Olympiacos women
Career highlights and awards
As a player: 2× Greek 2nd Division champion (1974, 1981)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Greece European U-20 Championship 2009 Greece Under-20 2010 Croatia Under-20

Playing career

Club playing career

In his club playing career, Missas played with the Greek clubs Panionios (1968–1986, 1988–1989), and Panathinaikos (1986–1988). With Panionios, he won the Greek 2nd Division twice, in 1974 and 1981. With Panionios, he also played in the European-wide 3rd-tier level league, the FIBA Korać Cup.

He also played in the Greek Cup final in 1977, while with Panionios. With Panathinaikos, he played in the European-wide 2nd-tier level league, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later called FIBA Saporta Cup). In his club career, he scored a total of 5,005 points, in 325 games played, for a scoring average of 15.4 points per game, in Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League.

Greece men's national team

Missas played with Greek junior national team at the 1972 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. Missas was also a member of the Greece men's national basketball team. He played with Greece at the 1984 Summer Olympics qualification tournament. In total, he played with Greece's senior national team in 45 games.

Coaching career

Club coaching career

In his head coaching career, Missas has coached the following club teams: Panionios, Peristeri, Papagou, Apollon Patras, Dafnis, KAOD, Panionios, and AGE Chalkida.

National teams coaching career

Missas has been the head coach of the senior men's Cypriot national basketball team, the senior Greek women's national basketball team, and the Greek men's national under-20 basketball team. While coaching the Greek men's Under-20 national team, he won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

In June 2017, he became the head coach of the Greece men's national basketball team. He coached Greece at the EuroBasket 2017, where he reached the quarterfinal stage, eventually losing the ticket to the semifinals to Russia.

External links

• FIBA Player Profile (archive)
• FIBA Europe Coach Profile
• Eurobasket.com Coach Profile
• BolerBasket.no Coach Profile
• Hellenic Basketball Federation Player Profile (in Greek)
• Hellenic Basketball Federation Coach Profile (in Greek)