Benedikt Guðmundsson
Benedikt Rúnar Guðmundsson (born 19 August 1972) is an Icelandic professional basketball coach who last coached KR women's team[1] and the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[2]
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Born | Iceland | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1995–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||
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Medals
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Benedikt has been named Coach of the Year of the men's Úrvalsdeild twice: in the 2006–07[3] season and in the 2008–09 season,[4] when he coached KR. In both the two seasons, KR also won the Icelandic championship.
Coaching career
After coaching Þór Þorlákshöfn from 2010,[5] Benedikt took over Þór Akureyri men's and women's teams in 2015.[6] He led the men's team to victory in Division I in 2016 and a promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla.[7] 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.[8]
In May 2017, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of KR women's team.[9]
After guiding KR to the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2019, Benedikt was named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year.[10] On 11 May 2020, he announced he was leaving KR.[11]
Awards, titles and accomplishments
Individual awards
- 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[12]
Titles
Men's leagues
- Icelandic champion (2): 2007, 2009
- Icelandic Division I (2): 2011, 2016
- Icelandic Supercup: 2007
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2008
Women's leagues
- Icelandic champion: 2010
- Icelandic Division I: 2017, 2018
- Icelandic Supercup: 2009
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2009
References
- Benni Gumm kominn heim í KR
- "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.
- Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (4 May 2018). "Kristófer og Helena valin leikmenn ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 May 2018.