title: Kostas Politis
text: # Kostas Politis
  
  Konstantinos "Kostas" Politis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Πολίτης; 21 March 1942 – 18 June 2018) was a Greek professional basketball player and coach.
  
  ## Career as a player
  
  ### Club career
  
  Politis played with Panathinaikos, and they won 3 Greek League championships, in 1967, 1969, and 1971. In the 1968–69 season, he was a FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup semifinalist.
  
  ### National team career
  
  Politis also played with the Greece men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 1961, the EuroBasket 1965, the EuroBasket 1967, and at the 1967 Mediterranean Games.
  
  ## Career as a coach
  
  ### Club coaching career
  
  Politis was the head coach of Panathinaikos, and they won 3 Greek League championships (1980, 1981, and 1982), and 2 Greek Cups (1979 and 1982). He was also a 2 time Greek Cup finalist (1989 and 1990) while coaching PAOK.
  
  Politis was the head coach of the FIBA Balkans Selection in 1991. In the 1993–94 season, when he was coaching Panathinaikos, he was a FIBA European League semifinalist, and his team finished in 3rd place at the 1994 FIBA European League Final Four at Tel Aviv. In 1999, Politis was a Greek Cup finalist, while coaching AEK Athens.
  
  ### National team coaching career
  
  Politis was the head coach of the Greece men's national basketball team that won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1987. He coached the Greece national team at the EuroBasket 1983, and the 1986 FIBA World Championship.
  
  