Darri Freyr Atlason

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Darri Freyr Atlason
Personal information
Born (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 28)
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Career information
Playing career2011–2015
Coaching career2015–present
Career history
As player:
2011–2015 KR
As coach:
2015–2016 KR
2017–2020 Valur
2020–2021 KR
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Darri Freyr Atlason is an Icelandic basketball coach and sports commentator. In 2019, he led Valur women's team to both its first national championship and first Icelandic Cup win. As a player, he won two national championships with KR in 2014 and 2015.

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Playing career

Darri came up through the junior ranks of KR and played his first senior game with the team during the 2011–12 Úrvalsdeild karla season. He retired from playing in 2015 to fully focus on coaching. [1]

Coaching career

Darri was hired as the head coach of 1. deild kvenna club KR in 2015. He led them to second place finish during the 2015–2016 season and was named the 1. deild kvenna Coach of the year. [1]

Prior to coaching senior teams Darri coached youth programs in KR, winning multiple national and cup championships in various age groups.

In 2017, Darri was hired as the head coach of Valur of the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna. [2] During his first season he led the team to the Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to Haukar. [3]

In 2019, he guided Valur to the best record in the league, the Icelandic Cup [4] [5] and its first national championship. [6]

The team opened the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105-81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup. [7] It was Valur's first Super Cup win and the victory made them the holders of all four major national crowns, the others being the national championship, the national cup and the league championship which is awarded for the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild. [8]

In beginning of May 2020, Darri stepped down as head coach of Valur. [9] Later that month, on 25 May, he was introduced as the new head coach of reigning men's national champions KR. [10]

During the 2021–22 season, he led KR to a fifth place finish. In the playoffs, KR beat Reykjavík rivals Valur in the first round but got swept by Keflavík in the semi-finals. In June 2021, he resigned as head coach to focus on his work in business development for the financial technology company Lucinity. [11] [12]

Personal life

Darri Freyr is the older brother of basketball player Almar Orri Atlason. [13]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Coaching

Individual awards

Titles

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  2. ↑ "Darri Freyr ráðinn þjálfari Vals". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (13 February 2019). "Treysta á grunnatriðin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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