Benedikt Rúnar Guðmundsson (born 19 August 1972) is an Icelandic
basketball coach
Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...
. He has been named
Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year twice: in the 2006–07 season and in the 2008–09 season,. In both seasons, he won the Icelandic men's championship
KR. He has been named the
Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the year twice; in 2010, when he also won the
Icelandic women's championship with
KR, and in 2019.
Coaching career
After coaching
Þór Þorlákshöfn
Ungmennafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Þorlákshöfn, is a multi-sport club in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland. It has active departments in athletics, badminton, basketball, motorcycle sports and track & field but has also featured various othe ...
from 2010, Benedikt took over
Þór Akureyri
Íþróttafélagið Þór (, ), commonly known as Þór Akureyri (), or simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, in the north of Iceland. It features departments in basketball, football, handball and taekwondo. Its main rival is ...
men's and women's teams in 2015. He led the men's team to victory in
Division I in 2016 and a promotion to
Úrvalsdeild karla. He led the women's team to victory in
Division I in 2017 but the team failed to achieve promotion til the
Úrvalsdeild kvenna after losing to
Breiðablik in the promotion playoffs.
In May 2017, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of KR women's team.
After guiding KR to the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2019, Benedikt was named the
Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year.
On 11 May 2020, he announced he was leaving KR.
On 30 May 2021, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of
Úrvalsdeild karla club
Njarðvík
Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400.
History
In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. ...
. On 18 September he guided Njarðvík to a 97–93 win against
Stjarnan
Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (, ), commonly known as Stjarnan (), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.
Basketball Men's basketball
As of the 2017–2 ...
in the
Icelandic Cup final, ending the clubs 16 year major title draught. He led Njarðvík to the best record in the Úrvalsdeild, becoming the first coach to lead three different clubs to the leagues best record. He left Njarðvík at the conclusion of his contract following the team's loss against Valur in the Úrvalsdeild semi-finals in May 2024.
In end of May 2024, Benedikt was hires as the head coach of
Tindastóll. He led Tindastóll to the best record in the league and to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to Stjarnan 2-3. After the season, he stepped down as head coach.
Awards, titles and accomplishments
Individual awards
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Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the year (2): 2005, 2009
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Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the year (2): 2010, 2019
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Icelandic Women's D1 Coach of the year : 2018
Titles
Men's leagues
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Icelandic champion (2): 2007, 2009
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Icelandic Division I (2): 2011, 2016
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Icelandic Cup (2): 1998, 2021
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Icelandic Super Cup: 2007
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Icelandic Company Cup: 2008
Women's leagues
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Icelandic champion: 2010
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Icelandic Division I: 2017, 2018
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Icelandic Super Cup: 2009
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Icelandic Company Cup: 2009
References
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Living people
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1972 births