Helgi Már Magnússon (born August 27, 1982) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of KR in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. As a player, he has won seven national championships in Iceland during his career.
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Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||
League | Úrvalsdeild karla | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 40) Reykjavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | Westminster Christian School (Palmetto Bay, Florida) | |||||||||||||
College | Catawba (2002–2006) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1998–2021 | |||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2012–2013 2021–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | KR | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | KR | |||||||||||||
2006–2007 | BC Boncourt | |||||||||||||
2007–2009 | KR | |||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Solna Vikings | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Uppsala Basket | |||||||||||||
2011–2012 | 08 Stockholm | |||||||||||||
2012–2016 | KR | |||||||||||||
2017 | KR-b | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | KR | |||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | KR | |||||||||||||
2021–present | KR | |||||||||||||
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In February 2016, Helgi won his first Icelandic Basketball Cup after having lost in his previous four cup finals.[2][3] Helgi announced is retirement from top level play following the 2015-2016 Úrvalsdeild season.[4][5][6] but returned to the team in March 2018.[7] A month later, Helgi won his sixth Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[8]
On 4 May 2019 he won his 7th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-2.[9]
On 5 January 2020, he appeared in an Úrvalsdeild game for the fourth different decade.[10]
Helgi played 95 games for the Icelandic national basketball team and participated at the EuroBasket 2015.[11][12][13]
Helgi was a player coach for KR during the 2012–13 season. In August 2021, he was hired as the head coach of KR, replacing Darri Freyr Atlason who resigned following the 2020–21 season.[14]
Helgi's brother, Finnur Atli Magnússon, is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.[15]
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