Deseret News · Jul 30, 2018
Utah Jazz hire the NBA's first-ever native Greek assistant coach
SALT LAKE CITY — Fotis Katsikaris is joining the Utah Jazz as an assistant coach. He's the first native Greek to be hired as a coach in the NBA.
Katsikaris comes to the Jazz from Iberostar Tenerife, where he was the head coach.
Katsikaris previously served as head coach of the Greek National Team from 2014-16 and was named the 2013 EuroCup Coach of the Year.
Greece's coach Fotis Katsikaris, gestures during the EuroBasket European Basketball round of sixteen match between Greece against Belgium, at Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille, France, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Greece won 75-54. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)