Arnar Guðjónsson (born 17 June 1986) is an Icelandic professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of
Stjarnan men's basketball team and a former assistant coach of the
Icelandic men's national basketball team.
Playing career
Arnar played one season in the Icelandic top-tier
Úrvalsdeild karla with
SkallagrÃmur, appearing in 8 games and averaging 1.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.
Coaching career
Arnar started his coaching career with
Sindri in 2005 and coached there for two years before moving to
FSu to serve as an assistant to
Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson.
In 2009, he moved to Denmark and was joined Aabyhoj where he was an assistant coach for two years before taking over the head coaching responsibilities.
In 2013, Arnar was hired as an assistant coach to
Svendborg Rabbits. In November 2015, he took over as head coach of Svendborg when
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resigned. In April 2017, he guided the club to bronze in the league after beating
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87–72 in the third-place game. In May, 2017, Arnar left Svendborg after his contract was not renewed.
On April 6, 2018, Arnar was hired as the head coach of
Stjarnan men's team. A month later, he resigned from Icelandic national teams to fully focus on his duties at Stjarnan.
In January 2019, he received a one-game suspension for storming onto the court during live play to protest a non-call. On 17 February 2019, Arnar guided Stjarnan to an 84–68 victory against
NjarðvÃk
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History
In 1995 it merged with the town of KeflavÃk and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...
in the Icelandic Cup finals.
Stjarnan opened the 2019–20 season with an 89–77 win against reigning champions
KR in the annual
Icelandic Super Cup. On 15 February 2020, he guided Stjarnan to its second straight
Icelandic Cup victory.
On 27 September 2020, Arnar led Stjarnan to win in the Super Cup for the second consecutive season.
On 19 March 2022, he won his third
Icelandic Basketball Cup when Stjarnan defeated reigning national champions
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in the 2022 Cup Finals.
In October 2022, Arnar was hired as an assistant coach to
Allan Foss
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with the
Denmark men's national team.
In January 2023, Arnar guided Stjarnan to its fifth appearance in a row in the Iceland Cup finals.
References
External links
Úrvalsdeild statistics
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1986 births
Living people
Arnar Gudjonsson
Arnar Gudjonsson
Arnar Gudjonsson
Arnar Gudjonsson
Arnar Gudjonsson