Einar Árni Jóhannsson (born 8 January 1977) is an Icelandic

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. He won the Icelandic men's championship in 1998 with

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. ...

as an assistant to

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, and in 2006 as Njarðvík's head coach. He won the

Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup The Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ), also known as VÍS bikarinn for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is n ...

in 2005 with Njarðvík and was named the Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year in 2007.

Coaching career

Einar served as an assistant coach to Njarðvík's men's team from 1997 to 2000 and from December 2003 to the end of the 2003–04 season. In April 2015, Einar signed a three-year contract to coach Þór Þorlákshöfn. On 17 February 2018 Þór announced that Einar would leave his post as head coach at the seasons end and would be replaced by assistant coach Baldur Þór Ragnarsson. On 25 March 2018 Einar was hired as the head coach of Njarðvík men's team. He left his post at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season. On 18 May 2021, he was hired as a c0-coach of recently relegated Höttur. He left the team following its exit in the 2024 Úrvalsdeild playoffs. In May 2024, Einar was hired as the head coach of Njarðvík women's team.

Personal life

Einar is married to Guðmunda Guðlaug Sveinsdóttir.

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

* Icelandic Men's Champion (2): 1998¹, 2006 *

(2): 1999¹, 2005 *

Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup The Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ) is an annual basketball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's former second-tier cup competiti ...

: 2025 * Icelandic Men's Supercup (5): 1999¹,2004, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2017 * Icelandic Women's Supercup: 2002 *Icelandic Men's Company Cup champion: 2005 * Icelandic Men's Division I: 2008 ¹ ''as an assistant coach''

Individual awards

Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year The Men's Coach of the Year is an award for the top-tier basketball league in Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North ...

: 2007 *

Úrvalsdeild Women's Coach of the Year The Women's Coach of the Year is an award for the Icelandic basketball league system, top-tier basketball league in Iceland, the Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), women's Úrvalsdeild. All-time award winners The following is a list of the all-time ...

: 2003 * 1. deild karla Coach of the Year: 2008

References

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