Craig Pedersen

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Craig Pedersen
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Pedersen at EuroBasket 2017.
Iceland
Position Head coach
Personal information
Born (1965-06-13) June 13, 1965 (age 60)
NationalityCanadian
Listed height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
College Simon Fraser University
Playing career1989–2007
Position Forward
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As a player:
1993–1994Horsens BC
1994–2002 Horsens IC
2002–2003 Bakken Bears
2003–2007 Svendborg Rabbits
As a coach:
2003–2015 Svendborg Rabbits
2004–2009 Denmark (assistant)
2014–present Iceland
Career highlights
As player:

As coach:

Craig Pedersen (born June 13, 1965) is a Canadian basketball coach and the head coach of the Iceland national team, [1] who he has led to EuroBasket three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2025. He is the longest tenured Iceland national teams coach in teams sports. [2] [3] He played and coached for several years in Denmark where he won the national championship twice, in 1998 as a player and in 2010 as a coach.

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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. [9]

On 23 February 2025, he led Iceland to its third EuroBasket appearance with its qualification to EuroBasket 2025. [2]

Personal life

Pedersen wife is Danish. Together, they have two children. [10]

References

  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. 1 2 Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (25 February 2025). "Utan vallar: Pedersen ætti að vera þjóðhetja". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Kári Snorrason (24 August 2025). "Kanadamaðurinn langlífi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2025. Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  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. ↑ Sindri Sverrisson (9 November 2022). "Sá þaulsætnasti í sögunni stýrir Íslandi áfram". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  10. ↑ 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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