Benedikt Rúnar Guðmundsson (born 19 August 1972) is an Icelandic professional basketball coach for Úrvalsdeild karla club Njarðvík and the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[1] He has been named Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year twice: in the 2006–07[2] season and in the 2008–09 season,[3]. In both seasons, he won the Icelandic men's championship KR. He has been named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the year twice; in 2010, when he also won the Icelandic women's championship with KR, and in 2019.
| Njarðvík | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | Úrvalsdeild karla | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1972 Iceland | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1995–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | KR (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | KR (Women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Grindavík (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Fjölnir (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | KR (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | KR (Women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Þór Þorlákshöfn (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Þór Akureyri (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Þór Akureyri (Women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | KR (Women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Iceland (Women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Njarðvík (Men's) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Coaching career edit
After coaching Þór Þorlákshöfn from 2010,[4] Benedikt took over Þór Akureyri men's and women's teams in 2015.[5] He led the men's team to victory in Division I in 2016 and a promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla.[6] He led the women's team to victory in Division I in 2017 but the team failed to achieve promotion til the Úrvalsdeild kvenna after losing to Breiðablik in the promotion playoffs.[7]
In May 2017, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of KR women's team.[8]
After guiding KR to the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2019, Benedikt was named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year.[9] On 11 May 2020, he announced he was leaving KR.[10]
On 30 May 2021, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of Úrvalsdeild karla club Njarðvík.[11] On 18 September he guided Njarðvík to a 97–93 win against Stjarnan in the Icelandic Cup final, ending the clubs 16 year major title draught.[12] He led Njarðvík to the best record in the Úrvalsdeild, becoming the first coach to lead three different clubs to the leagues best record.[13]
Awards, titles and accomplishments edit
Individual awards edit
- Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the year (2): 2005, 2009
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the year (2): 2010, 2019
- Icelandic Women's D1 Coach of the year : 2018[14]
Titles edit
Men's leagues edit
- Icelandic champion (2): 2007, 2009
- Icelandic Division I (2): 2011, 2016
- Icelandic Cup (2): 1998, 2021
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2007
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2008
Women's leagues edit
- Icelandic champion: 2010
- Icelandic Division I: 2017, 2018
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2009
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2009
References edit
- ^ "Benedikt í stað Ívars". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Express League: Season 2006-2007 Awards
- ^ Express League: Season 2008-2009 Awards
- ^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (17 April 2015). "Fer Benedikt frá Þór til Þórs?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (28 April 2015). "Benedikt: Stefni með liðið upp um deild næsta vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 November 2016). "Benedikt kom báðum Þórsliðunum upp og nú mætast þau í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 April 2017). "Benedikt ánægður með kvenþjálfarana í deildinni sinni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (3 May 2017). "Benni Gumm kominn heim í KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 May 2019). "Helena og Kristófer valin best annað tímabilið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (11 May 2020). "Benedikt Guðmundsson yfirgefur KR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (30 May 2021). "Benedikt Guðmundsson tekur við Njarðvík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Andri Már Eggertsson (18 September 2021). "Erum ekki bestir á landinu þótt við unnum VÍS bikarinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 April 2022). "Benedikt fyrstur til að gera þrjú félög að deildarmeisturum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (4 May 2018). "Kristófer og Helena valin leikmenn ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 May 2018.