PAOK extends Markopoulos as head coach

PAOK Thessaloniki decided to give continuity to its project by extending the contract of head coach Soulis Markopoulos for three more seasons until the end of the 2013-14 campaign. Markopoulos, 62, has spent the last two seasons already at PAOK and led the team to the third place in the Greek League last season. Therefore, he will be the mastermind behind the plan to try to get back into the Turkish Airlines Euroleague again through the Qualifying Rounds this fall. He was also the coach of PAOK in 1993-94, the year that the team won the Korac Cup. He was also voted Coach of the Year in Greece in 2007-08 when he was handling Maroussi. Markopoulos has also coached Aris Thessaloniki or Makedonikos in the past.