Stefanos Dedas
Stefanos Dedas (Greek: Στέφανος Δέδας; born May 10, 1982) is a Greek  (from Vafiochori, Kilkis) professional basketball head coach. He is currently the assistant coach for Fenerbahçe of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Coaching career

Clubs
Dedas began his basketball coaching career, being only 19 years old, with PAOK, working there from 2001 to 2004, as an assistant. In 2004, he became the assistant coach of MENT, and later that season, he became the head coach of the club.

The next season, he became the assistant coach of Jure Zdovc, at Iraklis. From 2007 to 2009, he was the head coach of OFI Crete. He was also assistant coach of the Greek club Aris, and the Russian club Spartak Saint Petersburg, from 2009 to 2011, and from 2011 to 2013 respectively.

In 2013, he again became an assistant coach of Jure Zdovc, this time with Gaziantep Basketbol. After the departure of Zdovc to AEK Athens, in 2015, he became the head coach of the club.

On December 22, 2019, Dedas was named the head coach for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League.

After two successful years with Holon, Dedas returned to Greece and signed a two-year deal with AEK Athens of the Greek League.

Slovenian national team

In 2009, Dedas was named the assistant coach of the senior Slovenian national basketball team. Slovenia took the 4th place at the FIBA Eurobasket 2009. In 2014, Dedas returned to work with the Slovenian national team, again as an assistant coach of Jure Zdovc.

Personal life
Dedas is the younger brother of Georgios Dedas, who is a former professional basketball player, and whom also works as a basketball coach.

References

External links
 Stefanos Dedas at Twitter
 Stefanos Dedas at fiba.com
 Stefanos Dedas at eurobasket.com
 Stefanos Dedas at gpksports.com

1982 births
Living people
Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K. coaches
Basketbol Süper Ligi head coaches
Gaziantep Basketbol coaches
Greek basketball coaches
M.E.N.T. B.C. coaches
OFI Crete B.C. coaches
Sportspeople from Kilkis