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This #nextgenradio project is created in Reno, Nevada, where six talented student journalists are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.<\/span><\/p>\n In this project, six immigrants talk about how their first days in America shaped their lives today.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.6″ custom_padding=”|0px|13px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|0px||0px” _builder_version=”3.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title date=”off” categories=”off” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title: NO NEED TO EDIT” _builder_version=”3.6″ title_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” title_font_size=”48px” meta_font=”Roboto|600|||||||” meta_text_color=”#b32017″ meta_font_size=”24″][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”27px|0px|15px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ admin_label=”Explainer Text: ADD YOUR VIDEO TEASER TEXT HERE” _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em”]Dimitrios Kyriakou had a successful career coaching professional basketball in Greece. But he always dreamed of coaching in the United States. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> Dimitrios Kyriakou fell in love with basketball at 13, an age he claims as old by Greek standards. \u201cI was very fast,\u201d said Kyriakou. \u201cI could jump very high with being a short guy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n At age 21, he coached his first game. He said the cheering crowd ignited his adrenaline. He knew he\u2019d found his passion.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1988, Kyriakou arrived in New York City from Thessaloniki, Greece. Initially drawn to the merit-based ideology of the United States, he began to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree at Pace University in Manhattan. On his first night in his new apartment near Times Square, he woke up to the sound of gunshots and<\/span> police sirens. He described his new home as a jungle, unfamiliar and hectic. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was kind of a rough impression,<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/i> \u00a0said Kyriakou.<\/span><\/p>\n Kyriakou\u2019s initial perception of New York quickly changed after he attended his first basketball game at Madison Square Garden. He walked in, excited to see the New York Knicks play the Philadelphia 76ers. He still remembers Philadelphia\u2019s star player at the time, Charles Barkley, played a phenomenal game. Barkley scored 43 points, beating the Knicks.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI still have the New York Knicks in my heart. 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Following his service in the Greek military, \u00a0he then became a project manager for a multinational company. But Kyriakou quickly realized he couldn\u2019t give up his dream of becoming a professional basketball coach. <\/span><\/p>\n In Europe, he established a successful career coaching several basketball teams, including the professional Greek team, Aris Thessaloniki.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to Kyriakou, the coaching style in Europe is different from the United States. Kyriakou attributes these differences to the level of physical ability by American players. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kyriakou said most European players aren\u2019t as tall \u00a0as American players.\u00a0 European coaches tend to focus on strategy to get around this physical disadvantage. They often develop detailed plays on the court.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou’re tall, handsome and fast and I’m short, fat and ugly,\u201d said Kyriakou. \u201cThe only way I can stop you is with detail.\u201d<\/span> LEFT:\u00a0<\/strong>Coach Dimitrios Kyriakou celebrates a victory surrounded by members of his former basketball team. He coached several teams that produced National Basketball League Players.<\/span><\/p>\n PHOTO COURTESY OF DIMITRIOS KYRIAKOU<\/small><\/span><\/p>\n RIGHT:<\/strong> Dimitrios Kyriakou, pictured in the E.L. Weigand Fitness Center, said if he was still in Greece today, he would probably be a head coach for a professional team. <\/span><\/p>\n EMILY MACDIARMID \/ NEXTGENRADIO<\/small> \u201cWherever I go I hear the same thing,\u201d said Kyriakou.<\/span> \u201cIt’s not what you know or how well you know it. It’s who you know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n According to Kyriakou, the U.S. basketball system is not open to foreign coaches, especially in collegiate basketball. A 2018 diversity report<\/a> from the National Collegiate Athletic Association showed that out of 1,084 men\u2019s basketball coaches, only two were foreign.\u00a0<\/span> \u201cThat was my dream, to have them live the American experience,\u201d said Kyriakou. <\/span><\/p>\n But Kyriakou hasn\u2019t completely given up his dream to coach in the U.S. After finishing his Ph.D., he aims to find a career in coaching. He believes the skills he\u2019s gathered over the past few decades will add value to the American basketball system. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat is next for me?\u201d asked Kyriakou. \u201cI don\u2019t really know. 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\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider: NOTHING TO EDIT HERE” _builder_version=”3.6″][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”13px|0px|54px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”12px|0px|9px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ admin_label=”Story Text” _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]For decades, Kyriakou bounced back and forth between coaching basketball in Europe and pursuing higher education in the U.S. He tried to coach professionally while in the states\u00a0 but continually confronted a lack of coaching opportunities. He said the merit-based ideology he seeked in America, faded away as his international qualifications were routinely disregarded. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”12px|0px|17px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ admin_label=”Story Text” _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]Although Kyriakou often faced exclusion from American teams, he ultimately decided to put his dream on hold to provide more opportunities for his family in the United States. \u00a0A Ph.D. program in educational leadership at the University of Nevada, Reno allowed him to move his family from Greece in 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n
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