Kostas Mexas (Greek: Κώστας Μέξας; born October 25, 1976) is a Greek professional basketball coach for Lavrio of the Greek Basketball League (GBL).

Kostas Mexas
Lavrio
PositionHead coach
LeagueGBL
Personal information
Born (1976-10-25) October 25, 1976 (age 48)
Corfu, Greece
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As coach:
1997–2003Chortiatis
2003–2004Ampelokipoi (assistant)
2004–2005Megas Alexandros (women)
2005–2006Kastoria (women)
2006–2008MENT
2008–2011Iraklis Thessaloniki
2011–2014KAOD (assistant)
2014–2015KAOD
2015–2017Apollon Patras
2017–2018Aries Trikala
2018–2019Iraklis Thessaloniki
2020PAOK Thessaloniki
2021–2022Iraklis Thessaloniki
2022–2023Ionikos Nikaias
2023Iraklis Thessaloniki
2023Panathinaikos (assistant)
2023–presentLavrio

Coaching career

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After coaching Choriatis from 1997 to 2003, Mexas started working as an assistant coach with the Greek Basket League club Ampelokipoi in 2003. He became the head coach of two women teams from 2004 until 2006. He became the head coach of the Greek club MENT in 2006.

On 2014, after working for 4 years as an assistant at KAOD, he became the head coach of the club, replacing Nenad Marković.[1] The following two years, he coached Apollon Patras, before being sacked from the team on January 7 , 2017. On June 21, 2017, Mexas as appointed as the head coach at Aries Trikala of the Greek Basket League.[2]

On July 28, 2023, Mexas was appointed as the head coach of Lavrio.[3] On June 10, 2024, he renewed his contract with the club.

References

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  1. ^ Kostas Mexas is KAOD's new coach
  2. ^ Trikalla lands coach Konstantinos Mexas
  3. ^ "Νέος προπονητής του Λαυρίου ο Κώστας Μέξας". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-30.
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