Israel Martín


Israel Martín Concepción is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of Úrvalsdeild karla club Haukar.

Coaching career

Martín was hired as the head coach of Tindastóll in 2014. He became the fourth foreign born coach to guide his team to the Úrvalsdeild karla finals when he led Tindastóll to then finals in 2015 where they lost to KR.
In May 2015, Martín was hired as the head coach of Bakken Bears of the Danish Basketligaen. With the Bears, Martín won the Danish Men's Basketball Cup and led the club to the Basketligaen finals where it lost to Horsens IC. After the season he was named the Basketligaen Coach of the year.
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. 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. On April 13, 2018, he returned with Tindastóll to the Úrvalsdeild finals after defeating ÍR 3-1 in the semi-finals.
In May 2018, Martín was hired as thed coach of the Icelandic men's national under-20 basketball team, replacing Arnar Guðjónsson. On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103-72. After losing to Þór Þorlákshöfn in the first round of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs, Martin stepped down from his post as head coach.
On 15 May 2019, Martín was announced as the new head coach of Haukar men's team.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards