Dan Oppland

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Dan Oppland
SSV Lokomotive Bernau
PositionAssistant coach
League ProB
Personal information
Born (1984-01-07) January 7, 1984 (age 40)
St. Louis, MO, USA
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
College Valparaiso (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–2022
Position Power forward
Number42
Coaching career2022–present
Career history
As player:
2006–2007 Donar
2007 AZS Koszalin
2007–2008 Plannja
2008–2009 Bayreuth
2009–2013 Swans Gmunden
2013–2014 Namika Lahti
2014–2018 Nürnberg Falcons
2018–2019 MLP Academics Heidelberg
2019–2022SSV Lokomotive Bernau
As coach:
2022–presentLokomotive Bernau (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Dan Oppland (born 7 January 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player. A standout player for Valparaiso, he is the third all-time leading scorer for the Beacons, having scored 1,780 points. [1]

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From 2006 to 2022, he played professionally in Europe, spending most of his time with the Swans Gmunden in Austria and for several clubs in Germany.

Professional career

Oppland started his professional career in the Dutch Eredivisie for Donar (then named Hanzevast Capitals after their sponsor). The following season, he played for Plannja Basket in Sweden and also played European basketball with the team. [2]

In January 2008, Oppland signed with Bayreuth of the German second-level ProA. [3]

The next season, he signed in Austria with Swans Gmunden and won the 2010 Austrian Leagues with them. [4] He averaged 13 points per game in four seasons for Gmunden, 14.9 points in his final season. [5]

After a stint in Finland for Namika Lahti, Oppland returned to Germany when he signed for Nürnberg Falcons BC. [6]

In May 2018, he signed for MLP Academics Heidelberg. [7] After one year in Heidelberg, he signed for SSV Lokomotive Bernau of the third-tier ProB. [7] He retired in 2022, starting his coaching career with Bernau. [8]

Coaching career

In July 2021, while playing for Lokomotive Bernau, Oppland obtained his B-coaching license. [9] In the 2021–22 season, he coached Brenau's under-20 team of the JBBL. [10]

In June 2022, he retired from playing and became the assistant coach of Lokomotive Bernau, under promoted Davide Bottinelli. [8]

Personal

Dan has a twin brother, Mike (born 1984), who also played for the Swans Gmunden in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. [11] [12]

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  2. ↑ "Daniel Stephen Oppland". FIBA. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2022-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Sportunion Oberösterreich (2018-05-19). "Gmunden ist erneut Cup-Sieger". Sportunionooe.at. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Dan Oppland". Admiral-Basketball-Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  6. ↑ Erster NBC-Neuzugang: Oppland kommt aus Lahti (in German), retrieved 2018-05-19
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2022-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. 1 2 "Lok Bernau geht mit neuem Trainergespann in die kommende ProB Saison". SSV Lokomotive Bernau. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  9. ↑ "B-Sonderlehrgang in Bad Blankenburg". Deutscher Basketball Bund. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  10. ↑ "Dan Oppland neuer JBBL-Headcoach". SSV Lokomotive Bernau E.V. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  11. ↑ "Swans verstärken sich mit Dan Opplands Bruder". Nachrichten.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  12. ↑ "Michael Oppland, Basketball Player". Proballers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
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