Yiannis Laios is the new coach of Panathinaikos, following the resignation of Stelios Kazazis on Saturday.
The former Olympiakos, Panellinios and Ktisifon coach agreed to a deal with the Panathinaikos volleyball club and had his first training session with the Greens on Tuesday.
In his meeting with the head of the amateur division of Panathinaikos Nikos Risvas, Laios agreed to stay with the team until the end of the season and make recommendations for the next one, but without securing a contract for the 2011-2012 season.
"We want the team to become more efficient. Winning is always our objective and with God's help we will win the league in the end," said Laios in his first statements as Panathinaikos coach.
"There are some good players in the team and I would like to win titles with Panathinaikos too, after Olympiakos."
Laios has been very successful as player and as coach, winning seven league titles as an Olympiakos player and one as a Panathinaikos star at the end of his career, while leading Olympiakos as a coach to the final of the Champions Cup and to winning the Cup Winners' Cup.
