Ívar Ásgrímsson
| Haukar | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Úrvalsdeild karla |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 11, 1965 Iceland |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1983–2004 |
| Coaching career | 1987–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1983–1992 | Haukar |
| 1992–1993 | Snæfell |
| 1993-1994 | ÍA |
| 1995 | Breiðablik |
| 1995-1997 | Haukar |
| 1997-1999 | ÍS |
| 2001-2004 | ÍS |
| As coach: | |
| 1987–1988 | Haukar (women's) |
| 1989–1991 | Haukar (women's) |
| 1992–1993 | Snæfell (men's) |
| 1993-1994 | ÍA (men's) |
| 1998-1999 | ÍS (women's) |
| 1999–2001 | Haukar (men's) |
| 2001-2004 | ÍS (women's) |
| 2003-2005 | Iceland (women's) |
| 2005-2007 | ÍS (women's) |
| 2011 | Haukar (men's) |
| 2013–present | Haukar (men's) |
| 2014–present | Iceland (women's) |
| 2014–2015 | Haukar (women's) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach:
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Ívar Ásgrímsson (born April 11, 1965) is an Icelandic basketball coach and the current head coach of Úrvalsdeild karla club Haukar and the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[1] He led Haukar to the national finals in 2016 where they lost to KR.[2][3]
Club career
Ívar played for 14 seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, 11 of them with Haukar where he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1985, 1986 and 1996. He won the national championship in 1988 with Haukar after beating Njarðvík in the finals. He scored 14 points in the third and deciding game of the series, and sent it into a second overtime after scoring two free throws with 10 seconds left.[4]
Icelandic national team
Playing career
Between 1986 and 1991, Ívar played 15 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[5]
Coaching career
Ívar was hired as the head coach of the Icelandic women's national basketball team for two years in 2004.[6] In 2014 he was rehired as the head coach. He is the longest tenured head coach in Iceland's women's team history, having coached the team for 6 years.[7][8]
National team record
As of September 2018, Ívar has coached the team for 51 games.[9]
| Year | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 2017 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Career | 51 | 23 | 28 | 45% |
References
- ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (27 October 2017). "Hildur aðstoðar Ívar og hann er búinn að velja landsliðið fyrir nóvember-leikina". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Ívar áfram með Hauka | Ætla að styrkja liðið og berjast um titla
- ↑ Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Haukar - KR 70-84 | KR Íslandsmeistari þriðja árið í röð
- ↑ Einveldi UMFN á enda
- ↑ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ↑ Ívar Ásgrímsson nýr landsliðsþjálfari kvenna
- ↑ KKÍ: Ívar aðeins annar landsliðsþjálfarinn sem nær fimm landsliðsárum
- ↑ Ívar orðinn leikjahæsti landsliðsþjálfarinn
- ↑ A landslið kvenna - Úrslit
External links
- Career stats at kki.is