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Pavlos Diakoulas

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Pavlos Diakoulas
Personal information
Born (1950-04-16) April 16, 1950 (age 74)
Baltimore, USA
NationalityGreek / American
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
CollegeBaltimore Poly Engineers (1968–1972)
PositionSmall forward / power forward / center
Number7
Career history
1972–1982Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards
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Pavlos Diakoulas (alternate spelling: Paul) (Greek: Παύλος Διάκουλας) is a retired Greek American professional basketball player and coach. During his pro club career, he played at the small forward, power forward, and center positions.

College career

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Diakoulas played college basketball at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, where he played with the school's men's team, the Baltimore Poly Engineers, from 1968 to 1972.

Professional career

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Diakoulas played professional basketball in the Greek League with Olympiacos Piraeus. He was a member of Olympiacos during their undefeated season in the Greek League, during the 1975–76 season.[1] With Olympiacos, he played in all 3 of Europe's major European-wide club tournaments at the time. He played in the top-tier level FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague, 1976–77, 1978–79), in the second-tier level FIBA Cup Winners' Cup (later called FIBA Saporta Cup, 1975–76, 1977–78), and in the third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup (1979–80).

He also played with Kolossos Rodou, in the Greek lower divisions, in the 1980s.

National team career

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Diakoulas played in 30 games with the senior Greek national basketball team, scoring a total of 189 points, for a scoring average of 6.3 points per game. He was a member of Greece's senior national team at the EuroBasket 1975.[2]

Coaching career

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Diakoulas was the head coach of the Greek club Aigaleo.

Awards and accomplishments

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As a player

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References

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