Craig Pedersen (born June 13, 1965) is a Canadian basketball coach and the head coach of the Iceland national team,[1] where he coached them at the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017.[2] He is the second longest tenured coach of Iceland behind Einar Bollason.[3]

Craig Pedersen
Pedersen at EuroBasket 2017.
Iceland
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1965-06-13) June 13, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityCanadian
Listed height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
CollegeSimon Fraser University
NBA draft1987: undrafted
Playing career1989–2007
PositionForward
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994Horsens BC
1994–2002Horsens IC
2002–2003Bakken Bears
2003–2007Svendborg Rabbits
As coach:
2003–2015Svendborg Rabbits
2004–2009Denmark (assistant)
2014–presentIceland
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Playing career

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Pedersen played professionally in Denmark from 1989 to 2003 with Horsens BC, Horsens IC and Skovbakken, winning the Danish championship in 1998.[4]

Coaching career

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He was the head coach of Svendborg Rabbits from 2003 to 2015[5] and an assistant coach to the Denmark men's national team from 2004 to 2009.[6] In 2014, he was hired as the head coach of the Iceland men's national team.[7]

On 22 November 2019, Pedersen signed a 3-year contract extension to continue with the Iceland national team.[8]

On 9 November 2022, Pedersen signed another contract extension to continue with the Iceland national team until 2025.[3]

Personal life

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Pedersen wife is Danish. Together, they have two children.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Pedersen's Iceland right in the thick of battle to reach Second Round after fabulous February". fiba.basketball. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Profile". eurobasket2015.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b Sindri Sverrisson (9 November 2022). "Sá þaulsætnasti í sögunni stýrir Íslandi áfram". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Nýr landsliðsþjálfari í körfubolta". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  5. ^ Bagge, Christoffer (12 November 2015). "Legendarisk træner stopper øjeblikkeligt i Svendborg". TV 2 (Denmark) (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (5 March 2014). "Kanadamaður tekur við íslenska karlalandsliðinu í körfubolta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (13 November 2015). "Pedersen: Konunni líst vel á þetta því ég verð meira heima". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  8. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (22 November 2019). "Sportpakkinn: "Enginn landsliðsþjálfari er óumdeildur"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  9. ^ Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir; Edda Sif Pálsdóttir (5 February 2024). "Landsliðsþjálfari í tíu ár – "Ótrúlegt ævintýri og lífsreynsla"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 February 2024.