Position Head coach NBA draft 1982 / Undrafted Weight 94 kg Listed weight 207 lb (94 kg) Height 1.96 m | Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Role Basketball Coach Nationality Lithuanian Name Rimas Kurtinaitis | |
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League VTB United LeagueEuroleague Olympic medals Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament Similar People Arvydas Sabonis, Valdemaras Chomicius, Sarunas Marciulionis, James Augustine, Tyrese Rice | ||
Pre season interview coach rimas kurtinaitis bc khimki moscow region
Rimas Kurtinaitis (born May 15, 1960) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach, and a retired basketball player, who was a member of the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He is currently the head coach for BC Lietuvos rytas of Lithuanian LKL. He played as a shooting guard, and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star weekend's Three-Point Contest in 1989. He is 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall.
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- Pre season interview coach rimas kurtinaitis bc khimki moscow region
- Eurocup final game 2 post game interview coach rimas kurtinaitis bc khimki moscow region
- Club playing career
- Coaching career
- Awards and achievements
- References
Eurocup final game 2 post game interview coach rimas kurtinaitis bc khimki moscow region
Club playing career
Kurtinaitis' former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, CSKA Moscow, and Real Madrid. Kurtinaitis was also the first European player to play as an import in Australia's National Basketball League, playing for the Townsville Suns in 1993.
Coaching career
In 1997, Kurtinaitis was named to the Lithuanian Ministry of Sport. In the years 2002–2006, he took the position of head coach of the Azerbaijan national basketball team. Also from 2002 to 2006, he was a player for four seasons with BC Gala Baku, working as a player-coach.
He became Sakalai's head coach during the mid-2000s. In December 2007, he became the head coach of the Polish League men's basketball team Śląsk Wrocław. In 2008, he became head coach of Lietuvos Rytas with whom, he won the EuroCup 2008–09 season's title, in the Final-Eight tournament in Turin (Torino), Italy, in a game against Khimki Moscow Region (Final score 80–74).
In 2012, Kurtinaitis won the Eurocup again, this time with Khimki. As of 2015, he is the only coach to win the Eurocup three times. On June 21, 2012, Rimas Kurtinaitis was named the best EuroCup coach of all time. On March 15, 2016, Khimki parted ways with Kurtinaitis.
On August 2, 2016, Kurtinaitis become the head coach of Pallacanestro Cantù of Italian Serie A. However, on November 30, he was fired from the team.
Kurtinaitis agreed to return to Lietuvos rytas on February 10, 2017 following resignation of Tomas Pačėsas.
Awards and achievements
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As coach: