Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
{{Short description|Icelandic handball player, coach (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
| fullname = Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
| image =
| nationality = Icelandic
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|02|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Iceland
| height =
| position = Head coach
| currentclub = Valur (W)
Iceland (W, assistant)
| manageryears1 = 1998 | managerclubs1 = Grótta/KR (W)
| manageryears2 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs2 = Grótta/KR (M, assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs3 = Valur (W)
| manageryears4 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs4 = Iceland (W)
| manageryears5 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs5 = Valur (W, assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs6 = Valur (M, assistant)
| manageryears7 = 2002–2005 | managerclubs7 = Grótta/KR (M)
| manageryears8 = 2005–2008 | managerclubs8 = Valur (W)
| manageryears9 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs9 = Grótta (M)
| manageryears10 = 2009–2012 | managerclubs10 = Levanger (W)
| manageryears11 = 2011–2016 | managerclubs11 = Iceland (W)
| manageryears12 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs12 = SønderjyskE (W)
| manageryears13 = 2014 | managerclubs13 = HK (M)
| manageryears14 = 2014–2016 | managerclubs14 = Víkingur (M)
| manageryears15 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs15 = KR (M)
| manageryears16 = 2017– | managerclubs16 = Valur (W)
| manageryears17 = 2018–2021 | managerclubs17 = Faroe Islands (W)
| manageryears18 = 2020– | managerclubs18 = Iceland (W, assistant)
| medaltemplates =
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Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson (born 19 February 1977) is an Icelandic team handball coach and a former player for KR(Knattspyrnufélag Reykjarvíkur).
Coaching career
=Club career=
In 1998, Ágúst took over as head coach of the joint Grótta/KR women's team for the rest of the 1997-1998 season after Andrés Gunnlaugsson was fired.{{cite news |title=Andrési sagt upp hjá Gróttu/KR |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1896609 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=20 January 1998 |language=Icelandic}} After serving as an assistant coach to the Grótta/KR men's team for the 1998-1999 season, he was hired as the head coach of Valur women's team in May 1999.{{cite news |title=Valsstúlkur fá góðan liðsstyrk |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1936215 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=26 May 1999 |language=Icelandic}} Under his watch the team won the Icelandic Women's Handball Cup but was knocked out in the Final 8 in the national championship playoffs after losing to Fimmleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.{{cite news |title=Ágúst næsti landsliðsþjálfari |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2998026 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=23 March 2000 |language=Icelandic}} He resigned from hist post after the season to take over as the head coach of the Iceland women's national handball team. He returned to Valur in 2001 after one year with the national team to serve as an assistant coach to both the men's and women's teams.{{cite news |title=Hrafnhildur og Drífa |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3014781 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=23 April 2001 |language=Icelandic}}
In February 2002, Ágúst was hired as the head coach of the joint Grótta/KR men's team.{{cite news |title=Ágúst Jóhannsson þjálfar Gróttu/KR |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2002/02/15/agust_johannsson_thjalfar_grottu_kr/ |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=15 February 2002 |language=Icelandic}} He resigned at the end of the 2004-2005 season.{{cite news |title=Ágúst ekki áfram með Gróttu/KR |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2005503060318 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=6 March 2005 |language=Icelandic}}
He returned once again to Valur in April 2005 when he signed a three-year contract to coach the women's team.{{cite news |title=Þjálfar kvennalið Vals næstu þrjú árin |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5513595 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=26 April 2005 |page=22 |language=Icelandic}} He guided the team to the 2008 national championship finals where it lost to Stjarnan.{{cite news |author1=Kristján Jónsson |title=Vorum í vonlausri stöðu á tímabili |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=4189319 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=6 May 2008 |language=Icelandic}}
In 2008, Ágúst signed a three-year contract to coach the Grótta men's team.{{cite news |title=Fólk |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=4189598 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=9 May 2008 |language=Icelandic}} He left the team after the season, after guiding the club to victory in the 1. deild karla and promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla,{{cite news |title=Grótta upp í úrvalsdeild |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2009/03/27/grotta_upp_i_urvalsdeild/ |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=27 March 2009 |language=Icelandic}} and signed with Levanger Håndballklubb of the Norwegian Eliteserien.{{cite news |author1=Ívar Benediktsson |title=Var ekki hægt að segja nei |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5250401 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=8 April 2009 |page=B1 |language=Icelandic}} On 2 March 2012, Ágúst was fired from Levanger with three games left of the season and the team in 10th place.{{cite news |author1=Ívar Benediktsson |title=Óvænt og hvorki sáttur né sammála |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6013938 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=3 March 2012 |page=1 |language=Icelandic}}
Ágúst was hired as the head coach of SønderjyskE Håndbold women's team in February 2013.{{cite news |title=Ágúst Jóhannsson ráðinn til SønderjyskE |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2013/02/22/gust_johannsson_radinn_til_sonderjyske/ |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=22 February 2013 |language=Icelandic}} He resigned in February 2014 after the team had only won 2 of its 18 games.{{cite news |author1=Ívar Benediktsson |title=Ágúst Þór hættur hjá SönderjyskE |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2014/02/24/agust_thor_haettur_hja_sonderjyske_4/ |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=24 February 2014 |language=Icelandic}} Shortly later he was hired as an interim coach for HK men's team to finish out the season, replacing Samúel Ívar Árnason.{{cite news |author1=Guðmundur Marinó Ingvarsson |title=Samúel Ívar rekinn frá HK - Ágúst tekur við |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2014140309909/samuel-ivar-rekinn-fra-hk-agust-tekur-vid |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=2 March 2014 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Ágúst Þór fyrst til HK og svo Víkings |url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/agust-thor-fyrst-til-hk-og-svo-vikings |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=RÚV |date=2 March 2014 |language=Icelandic}} After the season he took over the reins of Víkingur men's team.{{cite news |title=Ágúst ráðinn þjálfari Víkings til 3 ára |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2014/03/02/agust_radinn_thjalfari_vikings_2/ |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=2 March 2014 |language=Icelandic}}
He guided Víkingur to promotion to the Úrvalsdeild karla in his first season at the club. After a difficult 2015-2016 season, where the team was relegated back to 1. deild karla, Ágúst resigned from his post.{{cite news |author1=Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson |title=Ágúst hættur með Víking |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2016160429838/agust-haettur-med-viking |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=20 April 2016 |language=Icelandic}} In May 2016, Ágúst was hired as the head coach of KR men's team.{{cite news |title=Ágúst Þór tekur við KR |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2016/05/10/agust_thor_tekur_vid_kr_2/ |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=10 May 2016 |language=Icelandic}} He guided KR to promotion to the Úrvalsdeild but the team folded after the season as the board of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur believed that it did not have the adequate facilities to field a team in the top-tier league.{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Ágúst snýr aftur sem þjálfari kvennaliðs Vals |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2017170529186 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=26 May 2017 |language=Icelandic}}
In May 2017, Ágúst returned once again to Valur as the head coach of the women's team. On 9 March 2019, he led the team to the Icelandic Women's Handball Cup.{{cite news |author1=Valur Páll Eiríksson |title=Valskonur bikarmeistarar í sjöunda sinn |url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/valskonur-bikarmeistarar-i-sjounda-sinn |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=RÚV |date=9 March 2019 |language=Icelandic}} On 28 April 2019, he led Valur to the national championship.{{cite news |author1=Svava Kristín Gretarsdóttir |title=Ágúst: Stebbi er búinn að tala um það í allan vetur og ég held að hann hafi rétt fyrir sér |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190429045/agust-stebbi-er-buinn-ad-tala-um-thad-i-allan-vetur-og-eg-held-ad-hann-hafi-rett-fyrir-ser |accessdate=28 April 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=28 April 2019 |language=Icelandic}}
=National team career=
In March 2000, Ágúst was hired as the head coach of the Iceland women's national handball team.{{cite news |title=Ágúst taki við kvennalandsliðinu |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1963139 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=23 March 2000 |language=Icelandic}} He left the team at the conclusion of his contract in 2001.{{cite news |title=Ágúst hættir |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3013579 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=23 March 2001 |language=Icelandic}}
Ágúst was formerly the head coach for the Iceland women's national handball team, and led the team at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/7cdd60f1-d892-4b69-8234-b2f4f06f5ffc/PDF/ISL.PDF
|title=XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Iceland |publisher=International Handball Federation |accessdate=10 December 2011 }} He started training the Icelandic women national team in 2000–01 at only 25 years old.
In August 2018, Ágúst was hired as the head coach of the Faroe Islands women's national handball team.{{cite news |author1=Anton Ingi Leifsson |title=Ágúst tekur við Færeyjum: "Þetta er gerlegt" |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2018180818988 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=17 August 2018 |language=Icelandic}}
Titles
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna
- 2019
- Icelandic Women's Handball Cup
- 2000, 2019
- 1. deild karla
- 2009
References
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{{Iceland squad 2011 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Iceland squad 2012 European Women's Handball Championship}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johannsson, Agust Thor}}