Teitur Örlygsson
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Teitur Örlygsson (born 9 January 1967) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and a coach. During his career he won the Icelandic national championships ten times with Njarðvík[1][2][3] and the Icelandic Basketball Cup seven times.[4] He spent the 1996–1997 season with Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. of the Greek Basketball League.[5]
Between 1986 and 2000, Teitur played 118 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[6]
Coaching career
Teitur started his coaching career with Njarðvík nine games into the 1992–1993 season when he finished the season as a player-coach after the firing of head coach Poul Coltin.[7] He was again a player-coach for Njarðvík, this time along with Friðrik Ragnarsson,[8] when the team won the national championship in 2001.[9] Four years after retiring as a player, ee returned to Njarðvík as a head coach for the 2007–2008 season but was fired after the playoffs.[10]
In December 2008, Teitur was hired as the head coach of Stjarnan.[11] In 2011, he led the club to the Úrvalsdeild finals[9] and in 2009 and 2014 led the club to victory in the Icelandic Cup. He left the club after the 2013–2014 season.[12]