| Pavlos Diakoulas | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Birth Date: | 1950 4, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Baltimore, USA |
| Nationality: | Greek / American |
| College: | Baltimore Poly Engineers (1968–1972) |
| Career Position: | Small forward / power forward / center |
| Career Number: | 7 |
| Years1: | 1972–1982 |
| Team1: | Olympiacos |
| Highlights: | As player:
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Pavlos Diakoulas (alternate spelling: Paul) (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.
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.
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.[1] 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.
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.[2]
Diakoulas was the head coach of the Greek club Aigaleo.