Kári Marísson
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Iceland
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 November 1951 Iceland |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1967–20?? |
| Coaching career | 1978–2016 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1967–1970 | KFR |
| 1970–1975 | Valur |
| 1975–1978 | Njarðvík |
| 1978–1989 | Tindastóll |
| 1995–2000 | Smári Varmahlíð |
| 2000–2005 | Tindastóll |
| As coach: | |
| 19??–198? | Tindastóll (men's) |
| 1989 | Tindastóll (men's) |
| 1992–1996 | Tindastóll (women's) |
| 2004–2005 | Tindastóll (men's) |
| 2014–2015 | Tindastóll (men's, assistant) |
| 2015 | Tindastóll (men's) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
| |
| Career coaching record | |
| Úrvalsdeild karla | 8–20 (.286) |
| Úrvalsdeild kvenna | 30–45 (.400) |
Kári Marísson (born 20 November 1951) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete and basketball coach. He played and coached basketball for several decades and was the oldest player to have played in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla, at the age of 49 years,[1][2] until the record was broken by Baldur Þorleifsson in 2015.[3]
Kári grew up in Árbær in Reykjavík where he competed in pole vault and football.[4]
Basketball
Playing career
Kári played his first game in with KFR in 1967. In 1975, he left the club, which by that time was named Valur, and signed with Njarðvík.[5] He left Njarðvík at the conclusion of the 1977–78 season[6] and later joined Tindastóll.[7]
National team career
From 1972 to 1976, Kári played 34 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[3]
Coaching career
Kári was a player-coach with Tindastóll for several seasons until 1988 when the team was promoted to the Úrvalsdeild.[8] After spending the 1988–89 season as just a player, he returned to the player-coach role in July 1989. He was fired from his coaching position in October 1989 after a bad start for the team and subsequently stopped playing.[9][10] He later coached Tindastóll women's team and later the men's team from 2004 to 2005. In October 2015, he temporary took over the team after the firing of Pieti Poikola[11] and until the hiring of José María Costa Gómez.[12]