Kjetil Knutsen

Knutsen started his manager career at fifth-tier club TIL Hovding in 1995, initially as a junior coach, then as head coach. Knutsen would take the team up two divisions in nine years before leaving for a role at top-tier side Brann as head of first-team development. He was hired as head coach at Fyllingsdalen in 2012 and then at Åsane in 2014. After Knutsen was sacked from his position as head coach in Åsane, he joined Bodø/Glimt as assistant coach under head coach Aasmund Bjørkan. In 2018, Knutsen became head coach for Bodø/Glimt after Bjørkan moved to the role of sports director. The team finished the 2019 Eliteserien in second place, and Knutsen received the Eliteserien Coach of the Year award for this accomplishment. In 2020, Knutsen led Bodø/Glimt to their first ever Norwegian national league title in a record-breaking season where they lost only one game, and he was again awarded Coach of the Year. In 2021, the team won their second Eliteserien title, and Knutsen was awarded Coach of the Year for a third consecutive time. That same season, Knutsen led Bodø/Glimt to the group stage of the UEFA Conference League, the club's debut in the group stage of a European tournament, where his outfit became the first team in history to score six times against a José Mourinho side in a 6–1 victory against Roma at Aspmyra. The team reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by future champions Roma 5–2 on aggregate. In 2022, Bodø/Glimt placed second in the league and…

Bodø/Glimt

Eliteserien: 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 Norwegian Cup: 2025–26 Individual

Eliteserien Coach of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2021 Eliteserien Coach of the Month: October 2021, May 2023, April 2024 Kniksen's honour award: 2024