{{Short description|Greek American basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Pavlos Diakoulas | image = | image_size = | caption = | position = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = | team = | league = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|4|16}} | birth_place = Baltimore, USA | nationality = Greek / American | high_school = | college = Baltimore Poly Engineers (1968–1972) | draft_year = | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = Small forward / power forward / center | career_number = 7 | coach_start = | coach_end = | years1 = 1972–1982 | team1 = Olympiacos | years2 = | team2 = | cyears1 = | cteam1 = | cyears2 = | cteam2 = | cyears3 = | cteam3 = | cyears4 = | cteam4 = | cyears5 = | cteam5 = | highlights = '''As player:''' *2× Greek League champion (1976, 1978) *4× Greek Cup winner (1976–1978, 1980) | medaltemplates = }} '''Pavlos Diakoulas''' (alternate spelling: Paul) ({{langx|el|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== 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== 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.<ref>[http://www.esake.gr/pages/article/14772 ESAKE.gr Του ΒΑΣΙΛΗ ΣΚΟΥΝΤΗ {{in lang|el}}.]</ref> 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== 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.<ref>[http://www.basket.gr/archive/players/BestPlayer.asp?PlayerCode=471 Basket.gr Ονοματεπώνυμο: ΔΙΑΚΟΥΛΑΣ ΠΑΥΛΟΣ {{in lang|el}}.]</ref>
==Coaching career== Diakoulas was the head coach of the Greek club Aigaleo.
==Awards and accomplishments== ===As a player=== *2× Greek League Champion: (1976, 1978) *4× Greek Cup Winner: (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20210512174537/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64998/sid/2255/tid/291/_/1975_European_Championship_for_Men/index.html 1975 FIBA European Championship Profile] *[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_64998.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1975.roundID_2255.teamID_291.html FIBAEurope.com Profile] *[http://basket.gr/index.php/playerview?playerid=471 Basket.gr Profile] {{in lang|el}}
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