Israel Martín

Israel Martín Concepción (born 16 October 1974) is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of Úrvalsdeild karla club Haukar.[1]

Israel Martín
Haukar
PositionHead coach
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1974-10-16) October 16, 1974
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Career history
As coach:
2012–2013CB Canarias (assistant)
2013–2014KB Trepça
2014–2015Tindastóll
2015–2016Bakken Bears
2016Tindastóll (assistant)
2016–2019Tindastóll
2018–presentIceland U-20
2019–presentHaukar
Career highlights and awards
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Concepción.

Coaching career

Martín was hired as the head coach of Tindastóll in 2014.[2] He became the fourth foreign born coach to guide his team to the Úrvalsdeild karla finals[3] when he led Tindastóll to then finals in 2015 where they lost to KR.[4]

In May 2015, Martín was hired as the head coach of Bakken Bears of the Danish Basketligaen.[5] With the Bears, Martín won the Danish Men's Basketball Cup[6][7] and led the club to the Basketligaen finals where it lost to Horsens IC.[8] After the season he was named the Basketligaen Coach of the year.[7]

He returned to Tindastóll in August 2016 as the head coach of the club's junior programs and an assistant coach to José Maria Costa.[9] In November 2016, Tindastóll and Costa parted ways and Martín was hired as his replacement. On January 13, 2018, he led Tindastóll to its first major trophy when it defeated KR in the Icelandic Cup finals.[10][11] On April 13, 2018, he returned with Tindastóll to the Úrvalsdeild finals after defeating ÍR 3-1 in the semi-finals.[12]

In May 2018, Martín was hired as thed coach of the Icelandic men's national under-20 basketball team, replacing Arnar Guðjónsson.[13] On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103-72.[14] After losing to Þór Þorlákshöfn in the first round of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs, Martin stepped down from his post as head coach.[15]

On 15 May 2019, Martín was announced as the new head coach of Haukar men's team.[16]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

Titles

References
  1. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (19 January 2017). "Israel Martin framlengir á Króknum til 2020". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (18 March 2015). "Sólstrandargæi í snjó á Sauðárkróki". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 April 2015). "Aðeins fjórði erlendi þjálfarinn sem kemur liði í lokaúrslit". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (29 April 2015). "Israel Martin: Ræði framtíðina síðar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (19 May 2015). "Israel Martín tekur við Bakken Bears". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. José Antonio Felipe (18 January 2016). "Israel Martín, rey de copas". diariodeavisos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  7. "Aftur valinn þjálfari ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  8. "Israel Martin valinn þjálfari ársins í heimabæ sínum". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 12 December 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. Kjartan Atli Kjartansson (30 August 2016). "Israel Martin aftur á Krókinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (13 January 2018). "Allur Sauðárkrókur var á bak við okkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  11. Anton Ingi Leifsson (13 January 2018). "Isreal: Auðvitað verður partý í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  12. Einar Sigtryggson (13 April 2018). "Tindastóll fer í úrslitin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  13. "Israel Martin tekur við U20 landsliði karla af Arnari". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 3 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  14. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (30 September 2018). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: KR - Tindastóll 72-103 -Stólarnir völtuðu yfir KR og eru meistarar meistaranna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  15. "Israel Martin og Tindastóll skilja að skiptum". Feykir.is (in Icelandic). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  16. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (15 May 2019). "Israel Martin tekur við Haukaliðinu af Ívari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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