Nikos Linardos

Nikos Linardos (Greek: Νίκος Λινάρδος; born August 26, 1953 in Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach.

Club playing career

Linardos played with the Greek League team Panionios. He was a member of the Panionios team that finished in 2nd place in the Greek League in 1987 (the club's highest ever finish in the league), and he was also a member of the Panionios team that won the 1991 Greek Cup (the only title in the club's history). He also played with the Greek clubs Sporting, Panellinios, and Maroussi.

Greek national team

Linardos was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1987.

Coaching career

Linardos worked as an assistance coach under head coaches like Dean Smith at North Carolina (1997–98) and Mike Krzyzewski at Duke (1998–99). He was also an assistant coach under Vangelis Alexandris at Maroussi, and under Panagiotis Giannakis, in the senior men's Greek national basketball team (2007–08).

He also worked as a head coach of Maroussi, APOEL (winning the Cypriot Cup in 2003), Apollon Limassol, and Panionios.

Sports commentator

Linardos has also worked as a sports commentator, doing analysis during broadcasts of basketball games on Greek TV.