Benedikt Guðmundsson


Benedikt Rúnar Guðmundsson is an Icelandic professional basketball coach who last coached KR women's team and the Icelandic women's national basketball team.
Benedikt has been named Coach of the Year of the men's Úrvalsdeild twice: in the 2006-07 season and in the 2008-09 season, when he coached KR. In both the two seasons, KR also won the Icelandic championship.

Coaching career

After coaching Þór Þorlákshöfn from 2010, Benedikt took over Þór Akureyri men's and women's teams in 2015. He led the men's team to victory in Division I in 2016 and a promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla. He led the women's team to victory in Division I in 2017 but the team failed to achieve promotion til the Úrvalsdeild kvenna after losing to Breiðablik in the promotion playoffs.
In May 2017, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of KR women's team.
After guiding KR to the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2019, Benedikt was named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year. On 11 May 2020, he announced he was leaving KR.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

Men's leagues