Helgi Már Magnússon

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Helgi.

Helgi Már Magnússon (born August 27, 1982) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. As a player, he has won seven national championships in Iceland during his career.

Helgi Már Magnússon

Grindavík
Position	Assistant coach
League	Úrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born	(1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 43) Reykjavík, Iceland
Listed height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
High school	Westminster Christian School (Palmetto Bay, Florida)
College	Catawba (2002–2006)
Playing career	1998–2021
Position	Small forward
Coaching career	2012–2013 2021–present
Career history
As a player:
1998–2000	KR
2001–2002	KR
2006–2007	BC Boncourt
2007–2009	KR
2009–2010	Solna Vikings
2010–2011	Uppsala Basket
2011–2012	08 Stockholm
2012–2016	KR
2017	KR-b
2018–2021	KR
As a coach:
2012–2013	KR
2021–2023	KR
2025–present	Grindavík (assistant)
Career highlights
As a player: 3× Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2014–2016) 7× Icelandic league champion (2000, 2009, 2014–2016, 2018, 2019) Icelandic Basketball Cup (2016) Icelandic Cup MVP (2016)[1] 2× Icelandic Company Cup (2008, 2014) 2× First-team All-SAC (2005, 2006) SAC tournament MVP (2004)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 Reykjavík Team

Club career

In February 2016, Helgi won his first Icelandic Basketball Cup after having lost in his previous four cup finals.^[2][3] Helgi announced is retirement from top level play following the 2015-2016 Úrvalsdeild season.^[4][5][6] but returned to the team in March 2018.^[7] A month later, Helgi won his sixth Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.^[8]

On 4 May 2019 he won his 7th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-2.^[9]

On 5 January 2020, he appeared in an Úrvalsdeild game for the fourth different decade.^[10]

National team career

Helgi played 95 games for the Icelandic national basketball team and participated at the EuroBasket 2015.^[11][12][13]

Coaching career

Helgi was a player coach for KR during the 2012–13 season. In August 2021, he was hired as the head coach of KR, replacing Darri Freyr Atlason who resigned following the 2020–21 season.^[14] Following KR's relegation from the Úrvalsdeild in 2023, he stepped down as coach.^[15]

In July 2025, he was hired as an assistant coach for Grindavík.^[16]

Personal life

Helgi's brother, Finnur Atli Magnússon, is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.^[17]