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Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | August 27, 1982||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | KR | ||||||||||||||
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Helgi Már Magnússon (born August 27, 1982) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. As a player, he has won seven national championships in Iceland during his career.
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] Following KR's relegation from the Úrvalsdeild in 2023, he stepped down as coach. [15]
Helgi's brother, Finnur Atli Magnússon, is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. [16]