Jørgen Isnes

Jørgen Isnes (born 30 August 1979) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Eliteserien club Strømsgodset.

Playing career
Isnes began his senior career at Skeid and made his debut in the Eliteserien for Skeid away against Molde in July 1997. The following seasons, Isnes played for Skeid in the Eliteserien until 2003 when he went on loan to Manglerud Star. Before the 2004 season, he transferred to Lørenskog in the Norwegian Second Division where he later became captain. In 2009, he became a player-manager and he retired after the 2012 season.

Lørenskog
Isnes was a player-coach Lørenskog for several seasons and continued as a coach after his retirement and remained at the club until 2014.

KFUM-Kameratene
In 2015, Isnes was appointed as an assistant coach for KFUM Oslo and after two seasons as an assistant coach he became head coach in 2016, despite interest from other clubs. Prior to his appointment as head coach, the team had been relegated from the first division.

In his first season as head coach, Isnes led his team to a 7th-place finish in the second division and the following season led his team a 2nd-place finish and a qualification for the first division. After wins over Fredrikstad and Åsane, the team were promoted to the first division.

In 2019, Osnes led the team to a 4th-place finish in the first division and were allowed to play for a qualification to the Eliteserien but lost to Start. After his success with KFUM, Isnes became a sought after coach for several Eliteserien clubs and was linked to become the coach of Odd.

Osnes continued at KFUM and after finishing 8th in 2020, it was a 5th-place finish that gave a new opportunity to be promoted to the Eliteserien in 2021. After knocking out Sogndal and Fredrikstad, a match against Jerv which went to a penalty shootout saw KFUM's opportunity for promotion lost. Isnes later rejected both Sarpsborg and Hamarkameratene who were looking for a new head coach. He also turned down an assistant coach role in Molde, instead preferring to continue at KFUM.

Strømsgodset
On 14 December 2022, Isnes was hired to become head coach of Eliteserien club Strømsgodset, his first coaching role in the Eliteserien. His first Eliteserien game in charge was a 1–0 victory over Aalesund.

Personal life
Isnes has been a supporter of Liverpool F.C. since he was a child and has named Jürgen Klopp as an inspiration to him.