George Galanopoulos (basketball coach)

George Galanopoulos (born 11 March 1989)^[4] is an American professional basketball coach who is currently serving as the assistant head coach of the 2024–25 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team.^[5] He is the former associate head coach of Rip City Remix^[6] and head coach of the Texas Legends^[7] of the National Basketball Association G league (NBA G League). He is also the head coach of the Uganda men's national basketball team since 2017.^{[8][9][10][11]}

George Galanapoulos

Washington State Cougars
Position	Assistant coach
League	West Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-11) March 11, 1989 (age 36) Buffalo Grove, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
College	Indiana
Coaching career	2015–present
Career history
As a coach:
2015–2016	Hawke's Bay Hawks (assistant)
2016–2018	Texas Legends (assistant)
2017–present	Uganda[1]
2018–2020	Dallas Mavericks (assistant VC)[2]
2019–2023	Texas Legends
2023–2024	Rip City Remix (associate HC)
2024–present	Washington State Cougars (assistant)[3]

Coaching career

After graduating from College, George has coached many teams including:

• Bakersfield Jam

As a player development coach, then as an assistant coach^[12]

• Hawkes Bay Hawks

As an assistant coach^[13]

• Texas Legends

As an assistant coach then head coach^[14]

• Dallas Mavericks

As assistant video coordinator, then later head coach for the summer league^[14]

• Rip City Remix

As associate head coach^[15]

• Washington State Cougars

As assistant head coach^[5]

• Uganda men's national basketball team

As head coach