Craig Pedersen

Craig Pedersen (born June 13, 1965) is a Canadian basketball coach and the head coach of the Icelandic men's national basketball team[1], where he coached them at the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017.[2]

Craig Pedersen
Shown in 2017.
Iceland
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1965-06-13) June 13, 1965
NationalityCanadian
Listed height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
CollegeSimon Fraser University
NBA draft1987 / Undrafted
Playing career1989–2007
PositionForward
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994Horsens BC
1994–2002Horsens IC
2002–2003Bakken Bears
2003–2007Svendborg Rabbits
As coach:
2003–2015Svendborg Rabbits
2004–2009Denmark (assistant)
2014–presentIceland
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • Danish Championship (1998)
  • Danish League All-Import First Team (2000)

As coach:

  • Danish Championship (2010)
  • 3x Danish Cup (2007, 2011, 2013)

Playing career

Pedersen played professionally in Denmark from 1989 to 2003 with Horsens BC, Horsens IC and Skovbakken, winning the Danish championship in 1998.[3]

Coaching career

He was the head coach of Svendborg Rabbits from 2003 to 2015[4] and an assistant coach to the Danish men's national basketball team from 2004 to 2009.[5] In 2014, he was hired as the head coach of the Icelandic men's national basketball team.[6]

On 22 November, Pedersen signed a 3-year contract extension to continue with the Icelandic national team.[7]

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References

  1. "Pedersen's Iceland right in the thick of battle to reach Second Round after fabulous February". fiba.basketball. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. "Profile". eurobasket2015.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. "Nýr landsliðsþjálfari í körfubolta". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  4. Bagge, Christoffer (12 November 2015). "Legendarisk træner stopper øjeblikkeligt i Svendborg". TV 2 (Denmark) (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (5 March 2014). "Kanadamaður tekur við íslenska karlalandsliðinu í körfubolta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (13 November 2015). "Pedersen: Konunni líst vel á þetta því ég verð meira heima". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (22 November 2019). "Sportpakkinn: „Enginn landsliðsþjálfari er óumdeildur"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2019.


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