Páll Hermann Kolbeinsson (born 17 April 1964) is an Icelandic former

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player and coach, and a former member of the Icelandic national team. He was named the Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year and Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year in 1990, the same year he won the Icelandic championship with KR. He played

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Coaching career

Páll was hired as a player-coach for KR in 1990 and guided the team to the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1991. He later served as a player-coach for Tindastóll. In 2010, he was hired as the head coach of KR. He stepped down as head coach following KR's loss to Snæfell in the semi-finals of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs on 15 April 2010.

National team

Páll played 43 games for the Icelandic national team from 1986 to 1992.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

* Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year: 1990 * Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year:

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* Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team:

Titles

* Icelandic champion:

* Icelandic Basketball Cup (2): 1984, 1991

Accomplishments

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Personal life

Páll is the son of former Icelandic national team player

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. His aunt, Vigdís Pálsdóttir, played

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for Valur.

References

External links

Úrvalsdeild statistics
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Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

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