Sverrir Þór Sverrisson


Sverrir Þór Sverrisson is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player for the Icelandic national basketball team. He last coached Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík. He previously coached Keflavík women's team where he won the national championship in 2017.
As a coach he has won the Icelandic women's championship three times and the men's national championship once.

Coaching career

Sverrir retired from top level play in 2010 and took over as head coach of Njarðvík women's team. He led them to the national championship in 2012. In January 2016, Sverrir was hired as the head coach of Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Keflavík, replacing Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir. He led the club to victory in the Icelandic Basketball Cup on February 11, 2017, and to the national championship on April 26 the same year.
On April 5, 2018, Sverrir was hired as the head coach of Keflavík men's team.
He unexpectedly resigned from Keflavík in May 2019.

Icelandic national team

Playing career

Between 2002 and 2003, Sverrir played eight games for the Icelandic national team.

Coaching

Sverrir was hired as the head coach of the Icelandic women's national basketball team in 2012. He led the team to second-place finish in the 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe. Sverrir resigned in 2014 with one year left on his contract after finding out the Icelandic Basketball Federation was actively looking for his replacement.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

As player

As player