One of the most successful European coaches of the 21st century will continue guiding his current team for at least two more seasons as CSKA Moscow announced on Monday a new agreement with Dimitris Itoudis to keep working together until 2023.
Itoudis, age 50, took over CSKA's bench in 2014 and has since led the club to a new golden age that includes not missing a single Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in seven seasons together. Their next one will begin in Cologne, Germany, starting on May 28.
Germany is also where Itoudis and CSKA won the first of their two EuroLeague trophies together by defeating Fenerbahce Istanbul after overtime in the 2016 championship game in Berlin. Three years later, in 2019, Itoudis and CSKA reached the mountaintop again by stopping Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
His six consecutive Final Four appearances with CSKA are a new all-time record for coaches. If they succeed again in Cologne, Itoudis will become the first coach to lead CSKA, an eight-time continental champion, to three such titles.