Craig Pedersen

Craig Pedersen
	Pedersen at EuroBasket 2017.
Iceland
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	June 13, 1965 (age 59)
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
College	Simon Fraser University
NBA draft	1987: undrafted
Playing career	1989–2007
Position	Forward
Coaching career	2003–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994	Horsens BC
1994–2002	Horsens IC
2002–2003	Bakken Bears
2003–2007	Svendborg Rabbits
As coach:
2003–2015	Svendborg Rabbits
2004–2009	Denmark (assistant)
2014–present	Iceland
Career highlights and awards
	As player: Danish Championship (1998); Danish League All-Import First Team (2000); As coach: Danish Championship (2010); 3x Danish Cup (2007, 2011, 2013);

Last updated December 21, 2024

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]

Playing career

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

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

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

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↑ "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.
↑ "Profile". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
1 2 Sindri Sverrisson (9 November 2022). "Sá þaulsætnasti í sögunni stýrir Íslandi áfram". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
↑ "Nýr landsliðsþjálfari í körfubolta". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
↑ Bagge, Christoffer (12 November 2015). "Legendarisk træner stopper øjeblikkeligt i Svendborg". TV 2 (Denmark) (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (5 March 2014). "Kanadamaður tekur við íslenska karlalandsliðinu í körfubolta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
↑ 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.
↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (22 November 2019). "Sportpakkinn: "Enginn landsliðsþjálfari er óumdeildur"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
↑ Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir; Edda Sif Pálsdóttir (5 February 2024). "Landsliðsþjálfari í tíu ár – "Ótrúlegt ævintýri og lífsreynsla"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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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. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[visir-thaulsaetnasti-3] 1 2 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.

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