Darri Freyr Atlason
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1994 Iceland |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2011–2015 |
| Coaching career | 2015–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:
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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.
Playing career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Darri Freyr is the older brother of basketball player Almar Orri Atlason.[13] Darri Freyr is currently getting his master in business from Harvard Business School.
Awards, titles and accomplishments
[edit]Coaching
[edit]Individual awards
[edit]- 1. deild kvenna Coach of the year : 2019
Titles
[edit]- Icelandic champion: 2019
- Icelandic Cup: 2019
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2019
References
[edit]- ^ a b Daníel Freyr Birkisson (31 January 2018). "Viljum fara úr þátttakendum yfir í að vera sigurvegarar". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Darri Freyr ráðinn þjálfari Vals". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (13 February 2019). "Treysta á grunnatriðin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Gunnar Birgisson (16 February 2019). "Við erum bikarmeistarar sko". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Axel Örn Sæmundsson (16 February 2019). "Darri Freyr: Ég er bara í Euphoria". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Það er partý í fjósinu, þér er boðið". RÚV (in Icelandic). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Valur bætti fjórða bikarnum í safnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Fimmfaldur Íslandsmeistari á Hlíðarenda". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (25 May 2020). "Darri Freyr og Francisco Garcia taka við KR-liðunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (24 June 2021). "Darri hættur með KR – Helgi að taka við liðinu?". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (25 June 2021). "Einhliða ákvörðun mín og snýst bara um tíma". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Edda Sif Pálsdóttir; Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson (8 August 2022). "Ísland á einn efnilegasta körfuboltaleikmann Evrópu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Icelandic statistics at kki.is