Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson
Höttur
PositionHead coach
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985
Egilsstaðir, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career1999–2018
PositionGuard
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2007Höttur
2007–2008Hamar
2008–2009Laugdælir
2009–2010Hamar
2010–2015Höttur
2016–2018Höttur
As coach:
2011–presentHöttur
2017–2018Iceland U-18
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson (born 17 June 1986) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player.[1] He has been the head coach Höttur since 2011.[2]

Playing career

Viðar spent the majority of his career with Höttur and was a key player for the club when it was promoted to the Úrvalsdeild for the first time in 2005.[3] He averaged 13.7 points per game in his first Úrvalsdeild season.[4] After averaging 17.9 points in 2006–2007,[5] he signed with Hamar the following season.[6] In 2009, he signed with Laugdælir, where he averaged 18.3 points,[7] but returned to Hamar after the season.[8]

Coaching career

In 2011, Viðar was hired as the head coach of Höttur.[9] He guided to team to the Úrvalsdeild in 2015.[10] In March 2020, Höttur won the 1. deild for the third time under his command after the rest of the season was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak in Iceland.[11][12]

National team career

Viðar played for the Icelandic national U-20 team in 2005. He was the head coach of the Icelandic national U-18 team from 2017 to 2018.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (17 January 2017). "Þurfum að horfa til framtíðar". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (12 December 2015). "Körfuboltakvöld: Viðtal ársins - Myndband". Vísir. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fullt hús stiga". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 February 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Iceland Express-deild karla". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "1. deild karla - Höttur". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hamarsmenn styrkja sig". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 3 August 2007. p. 35. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "1. deild karla - Laugdælir" (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Skúli Unnar Sveinsson (26 September 2009). "Margir ungir strákar sem fá að reyna sig". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Gunnar Gunnarsson (20 September 2011). "Viðar Örn þjálfar körfuknattleikslið Hattar". Austurfrétt. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  10. ↑ Ívar Benediktsson (12 March 2015). "Sjálfstraustið jókst með hverjum sigurleiknum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Sindri Sverrisson (31 March 2020). "Sérstakt að fara upp án fagnaðarláta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Valur Páll Eiríksson (10 June 2020). "Sé okkur alveg fara í úrslitakeppnina". RÚV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "U18 hefur leik á föstudaginn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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