Jón Halldór Eðvaldsson (born 13 March 1975) is an Icelandic
basketball
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coach and television personality. He has served as a basketball analyst for ''
Körfuboltakvöld'' (English: Basketball Night) on
Stöð 2 Sport.
Early life
Before turning to coaching, Jón Halldór was a basketball referee and a
football
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player for several years, playing the
goalkeeper
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position. In 1999, he appeared in 17 matches for
VÃðir in the Icelandic second-tier
1. deild karla.
Coaching career
In June 2006, Jón Halldór was hired as the head coach of
Úrvalsdeild kvenna club
KeflavÃk
KeflavÃk (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129.
In 1995, KeflavÃk merged with nearby Njar ...
. He led the team to the national championship in 2008 and the
Icelandic Company Cup in 2007, 2008 and 2010. In 2011 he led KeflavÃk to both the
Icelandic Cup and the national championship. After the finals, Jón Halldór announced that he would step down as head coach. After the season he was named the
Úrvalsdeild coach of the year.
In May 2013, Jón Halldór was hired as the head coach of
GrindavÃk. In February 2014, with GrindavÃk in second-to-last place in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, Jón Halldór stepped down as head coach.
On 8 May 2019, Jón Halldór was announced as new head coach to the
KeflavÃk women's team. KeflavÃk opened the 2019–20 season with a 105-81 loss against reigning champions
Valur in the annual
Icelandic Super Cup.
In January 2025, he was hired as an assistant coach to
Sigurður Ingimundarson with KeflavÃk women´s team.
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1975 births
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Living people
Men's association football goalkeepers
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