Skallagrímur men's basketball
# Skallagrímur men's basketball

The Skallagrímur men's basketball team, commonly known as Skallagrímur, is the men's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur, based in Borgarnes, Iceland.

## History

In 2018, Skallagrímur was promoted to the Úrvalsdeild karla. Following the 2018-2019 season, it was relegated back to 1. deild karla.

## Honours

Division I

* Winners (4): 1973, 1991, 2004, 2018

Division II

* Winners (1): 1979

## Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year
   * Darrell Flake - 2008
* Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player of the Year
   * Hlynur Bæringsson - 1999
* Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year
   * Tómas Holton - 1995
* Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic All-First Team
   * Birgir Mikaelsson - 1993
   * Hlynur Bæringsson - 2002

## Notable players

* Alexander Ermolinskij
* Axel Kárason
* Birgir Mikaelsson
* Dimitar Karadžovski
* Dragiša Šarić
* Gunnar Gunnarsson
* Hlynur Bæringsson
* Magnús Þór Gunnarsson
* Pavel Ermolinskij
* Páll Axel Vilbergsson
* Pétur Már Sigurðsson
* Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson
* Tómas Holton
* Valur Ingimundarson

## Coaches

* Birgir Mikaelsson 1990-1994
* Tómas Holton 1994-1996
* Terry Upshaw 1996
* Tómas Holton 1997-1998
* Henning Henningsson 1998
* Eric Franson 1998-1999
* Dragiša Šarić 1999
* Tómas Holton 1999-2000
* Alexander Ermolinskij 2000-2002
* Valur Ingimundarson 2002-2007
* Ken Webb 2007-2008
* Pálmi Þór Sævarsson and Hafþór Ingi Gunnarsson 2008
* Igor Beljanski 2008-2009
* Pálmi Þór Sævarsson 2009-2014
* Pétur Ingvarsson 2014
* Finnur Jónsson 2015-2019
* Manuel Angel Rodriguez Escudero 2019
* Atli Aðalsteinsson 2019-present
