Jón Kr. Gíslason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón.

Jón Kristinn Gíslason (born 14 October 1962) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and a coach. A four-time Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year, he won three national championships and two Icelandic Basketball Cups with Keflavík.^[1]

Jón Kr. Gíslason

Personal information
Born	(1962-10-14) October 14, 1962 (age 62) Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Career information
Playing career	1984–2011
Position	Point guard
Number	14
Coaching career	1983–2009
Career history
As a player:
1984–1989	Keflavík
1989–1990	SISU
1991-1996	Keflavík
1996-1997	Grindavík
2000-2001	Stjarnan
2009-2011	Stjarnan-b
2011	Stjarnan
As a coach:
1983–1984	Njarðvík (women's)
1987–1989	Keflavík (women's)
1988–1989	Keflavík (men's)
1990–1996	Keflavík (men's)
1995-1999	Iceland (men's)
1998	Iceland (women's)
1999	Fylkir (men's)
2000–2001	Stjarnan (men's)
2009	Stjarnan (men's)
Career highlights
As player 4x Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the year (1993) 6x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (1987, 1988, 1991-1994) Icelandic Team of the 20th century 3x Icelandic champion (1989, 1992, 1993) 2× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1993, 1994) Icelandic Superup (1996) Danish Cup (1989) 7x Úrvalsdeild assist leader (1988, 1989, 1991–1994, 1997) As coach 3x Icelandic men's league champion (1989, 1992, 1993) 2x Icelandic women's league champion (1988, 1989) 2× Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (1993, 1994) 2× Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup (1988, 1989)
Career Úrvalsdeild karla playing statistics
Points	3,678 (12.0 ppg)
Games	307
Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild karla	132–146 (.475)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna	36–16 (.692)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 1989 Cyprus National Team 1991 Andorra National Team 1993 Malta National Team 1995 Luxembourg National Team FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 1988 Malta National Team 1990 Wales National Team 1994 Ireland National Team

Icelandic national basketball team

Between 1982 and 1995, Jón played 158 games for the Icelandic national team.^[2] He coached the national team from 1995^[3] to 1999 when his contract was not renewed.^[4] In 1998, he served as the head coach of the Icelandic women's national basketball team during the Promotion Cup.^[5]

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Jón was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.^[6]

Family

Jón is the father of Úrvalsdeild players Dagur Kár Jónsson, Daði Lár Jónsson and Dúi Þór Jónsson.^[7][8]