Arne Senstad | |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1969 |
Birth Place: | Kapp, Norway |
Currentclub: | Poland (manager) |
Years1: | –1996 |
Clubs1: | Fredensborg/Ski |
Years2: | 1996– |
Clubs2: | TV Möhlin |
Manageryears1: | 2006–2013 |
Managerclubs1: | Storhamar HE |
Manageryears2: | 2013–2015 |
Managerclubs2: | Oppsal |
Manageryears3: | 2015–2019 |
Managerclubs3: | Storhamar HE |
Manageryears4: | 2019– |
Managerclubs4: | Poland |
Manageryears5: | 2023– |
Managerclubs5: | Larvik HK |
Arne Senstad (born 8 August 1969) is a professional Norwegian handball coach for the Polish women's national team.
Between 1989 and 1999 he played professional handball in Norway and Switzerland.[1] He transferred from Fredensborg/Ski to TV Möhlin in 1996 on the basis of a tip from fellow player Stig Rasch.[2] [3]
Between 2006 and 2013 he was coach of the Norwegian Storhamar HE women's team. 2007/08, 2009/10 and 2011/12 they became third at the Eliteserien. He received trainer of the year title in the 2011/2012 season.[4]
2013 he started to coach Oppsal and reached the fourth place in his second season.
For the 2015/16 season he went back to Storhamar. Because of financial trouble Storhamar was relegated to the Division 1.[5] They achieve the direct promotion in the following year. In the season 2017/18 they became again third and at following year they were runner-up in the league. 2018 they were also runner-up at the Norwegian cup. He received again the honor of coach of the year in 2019.[1] He also reached the quarterfinal of the 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup.
On 19 August 2019 the Poland Handball Federation announced that Senstad will be the coach of the women's national team.[1] [6]