Ingi Þór Steinþórsson (born 9 May 1972) is an Icelandic professional basketball coach. He last coached Úrvalsdeild karla club KR.
Stjarnan | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Úrvalsdeild karla |
Personal information | |
Born | Iceland | 9 May 1972
Nationality | Icelandic |
Coaching career | 1998–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1998-1999 | KR (Men's, assistant) |
1999–2004 | KR (Men's) |
2008-2009 | KR (Men's, assistant) |
2009–2018 | Snæfell (Men's) |
2009–2018 | Snæfell (Women's) |
2018-2020 | KR (Men's) |
2020-present | Stjarnan (Men's, assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
As coach:
As assistant coach:
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As head coach, Ingi Þór has won the Icelandic men's national championship and the women's national championship three times each. He was named Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year in 2010,[1] when he won the Úrvalsdeild karla title with the Snæfell[2] while also being named Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year three times, in 2014–2016, when he led Snæfell women's team to a three-peat.[3]
Ingi Þór served as an assistant coach at KR from 1998 to 1999 and 2008–2009, helping the club win the national championship in 2009.[4][5]
On 12 June 2018 he was introduced as the next head coach of the reigning men's national champions, KR, replacing Finnur Freyr Stefánsson.[6][7] On 4 May 2019, he won his third Úrvalsdeild karla championship when KR beat ÍR 3–2 in the finals.[8] He led KR to a 14–7 record during the 2019–20 season before the last game and the playoffs were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland. In May 2020, he was fired from his post.[9] Less than two weeks later, he was hired as an assistant coach to Stjarnan.[10]
On 19 March 2022, he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup when Stjarnan defeated reigning national champions Þór Þorlákshöfn in the 2022 Cup Finals.[11]
Awards, titles and accomplishments
editAwards
edit- Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year: 2010
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year (3): 2014, 2015, 2016
Men's titles
edit- Icelandic men's champions (4): 2000, 20091, 2010, 2019
- Icelandic Basketball Cup: 2010
- Icelandic Supercup (3): 2010
- Icelandic Company Cup (2): 20081, 2010
1 As assistant coach
Women's titles
edit- Icelandic women's champions (3): 2014, 2015, 2016
- Icelandic Basketball Cup: 2016
- Icelandic Supercup (4): 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2012
References
edit- ^ Express League: Season 2009-2010 Awards
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (9 May 2014). "Ingi Þór valinn besti þjálfarinn á afmælisdaginn sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Ingi Þór að taka við KR?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Ingi Þór aðstoðarþjálfari meistaraflokks karla". kr.is (in Icelandic). 26 August 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 May 2009). "Ingi Þór búinn að semja við Snæfell - þjálfar bæði liðin". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (12 June 2018). "Ingi Þór orðinn þjálfari KR-inga á ný: Fjögurra ára samningur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (12 June 2018). "Einu sinni KR-ingur, alltaf KR-ingur". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Kristján Jónsson (4 May 2019). "Nítján ár á milli hjá Inga". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Haukur Harðarson (7 May 2020). "Inga Þór sagt upp sem þjálfara KR - tekur Darri við?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Bjarni Helgason (18 May 2020). "Annar forljótur en hinn gullfallegur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Andri Már Eggertsson (19 March 2022). "Umfjöllun,viðtöl og myndir: Stjarnan - Þór Þ. 93-85 - Stjarnan bikarmeistari 2022". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2022.