Ívar Ásgrímsson

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Ívar Ásgrímsson
Breiðablik
PositionHead coach
League1. deild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1965-04-11) April 11, 1965 (age 56)
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1983–2004
Coaching career1987–present
Career history
As player:
1983–1992Haukar
1992–1993Snæfell
1993-1994ÍA
1995Breiðablik
1995-1997Haukar
1997-1999ÍS
2001-2004ÍS
As coach:
1987–1988Haukar (women's)
1989–1991Haukar (women's)
1992–1993Snæfell (men's)
1993-1994ÍA (men's)
1998-1999ÍS (women's)
1999–2001Haukar (men's)
2001-2004ÍS (women's)
2003-2005Iceland (women's)
2005-2007ÍS (women's)
2011Haukar (men's)
2013–2019Haukar (men's)
2014–2018Iceland (women's)
2014–2015Haukar (women's)
2019–presentBreiðablik (women's)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

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Medals
Head Coach for  Iceland
women's national basketball team
Games of the Small States of Europe
Silver medal – second place 2005 Andorra Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Iceland Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 San Marino Team

Ívar Ásgrímsson (born April 11, 1965) is an Icelandic basketball coach, who last coached Úrvalsdeild karla club Haukar, and the former head coach of the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[1] He led Haukar to the national finals in 2016 where they lost to KR.[2][3]

Playing career[]

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[]

Between 1986 and 1991, Ívar played 15 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[5]

Coaching career[]

Club career[]

After coaching the Haukar team since 2011, Ívar announced in March 2019 that he would leave the team and the end of the season.[6]

On 26 May 2019, Ívar was hired as the head coach of 1. deild kvenna club Breiðablik.[7]

National team career[]

Ívar was hired as the head coach of the Icelandic women's national basketball team for two years in 2004.[8] 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 7 years.[9][10] After the team's last game in the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification, Ívar announced that it was his last game with the team as he would not seek a renewal of his contract.[11]

National team record[]

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 4 0 4 0%
Career 53 23 30 43%

Source

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ívar áfram með Hauka | Ætla að styrkja liðið og berjast um titla
  3. ^ Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Haukar - KR 70-84 | KR Íslandsmeistari þriðja árið í röð
  4. ^ Einveldi UMFN á enda
  5. ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  6. ^ "Ívar hættir með Haukana". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Ívar til Breiðabliks". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  8. ^ Ívar Ásgrímsson nýr landsliðsþjálfari kvenna
  9. ^ KKÍ: Ívar aðeins annar landsliðsþjálfarinn sem nær fimm landsliðsárum
  10. ^ Ívar orðinn leikjahæsti landsliðsþjálfarinn
  11. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (21 November 2018). "Ívar: Kominn tími á ferskt blóð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2018.

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