Craig Pedersen

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

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. ^ a b 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 icon
  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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