Aquatic Dreams

Two renowned Greek coaches who joined Olympiacos when they were kids, grew to manhood in the Club’s red and white cap, then became noted coaches of—respectively—its men’s and women’s water polo teams.

When Thodoris Vlachos, a kid from Volos, found himself in the first Olympiacos team ever to win the Greek Cup and the championship—its first title in 21 years—in the same season, in 1992 (and the team which beat Ethnikos in the championship for the first time in 19 years), he couldn’t have...