Michael Matsentides (Greek: Μιχάλης Ματσεντίδης; April 11, 1980) is a Greek-Cypriot professional basketball coach and current Assistant Coach of Kuwait SC (basketball) and Assistant Coach of Cyprus men's national basketball team
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Kuwait Sporting Club | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League
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Personal information | |
Born | Nicosia, Cyprus | April 11, 1980
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2007-2008 | ENAD BC women's team |
2008–2009 | ENAD BC (assistant) |
2009–2010 | ETHA (assistant) |
2010–2011 | APOEL (assistant) |
2012–2017 | Cyprus (assistant women's team) |
2013–2014 | Cyprus U18W (assistant) |
2014–2015 | Cyprus U18W Head Coach |
2015–2016 | Cyprus U16W Head Coach |
2016-2017 | Cyprus U18W Head Coach |
2017–2022 | Cyprus U16B head Coach |
2019–present | Cyprus Men’s (assistant) |
2011–2019 | Keravnos (assistant) |
2019–2020 | Al Riyadi Beirut (assistant) |
2020-2021 | Keravnos Head Coach |
2021-2022 | Keravnos Head Coach |
2022-2023 | Omonia Nicosia Head Coach |
Club coaching career
editAfter having previously worked as the assistant coach of ENAD BC, ETHA and APOEL, Matsentides became the assistant coach of Keravnos in 2011 where he won 3 super cup, 2 cups and 3 championships.
In 2019, he was hired by the Al Riyadi Beirut as an assistant coach.[1]
In 2020 he returned to the Keravnos as an assistant coach, in 2021 he became as a head coach
In 2022 he is the head coach at Omonia Nicosia
From August 2023 he is the Assistant coach of Kuwait SC (basketball)
Cypriot national team
editMatsentides has also worked as an assistant coach of the senior Cyprus women's team between 2012 and 2017 and between 2012 and 2017 he was head coach of Cyprus youth national teams, Since 2017 until now, Matsentides is the head coach of Cyprus U16 Boys team and in 2019 he was named assistant coach of Cyprus men's team.
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