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Alfredas Vainauskas, born 16 January 1961 in
Alfredas Vainauskas, born 16 January 1961 in Vilnius
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, Lithuanian SSR
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), is a Lithuania
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n basketball coach, currently coaching Utena women's basketball team.
Playing career
In 1978, Vainauskas started his career withBC Statyba
BC Statyba was a basketball club from Vilnius, Lithuania. It was renamed to Lietuvos rytas in 1997.
History
In 1963, Vilnius's first basketball club, called Žalgiris, was established. In 1964, the team changed its name to Plastikas, but was r ...
. With this team, he won a bronze medal in the USSR League in 1979. In 1989, Vainauskas, along with his teammate Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis () (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the Nationa ...
, left the team and played abroad, in Slovakia ("BC Prievidza") for two seasons, in Hungary (" BC Debreceni") for one season and in Czech Republic ("BC Kunin") for two seasons. In 1994, he returned to Statyba, and, after the season, concluded his basketball playing career.
Coaching career
In 1995, Vainauskas became the assistant coach of Statyba. After the team dissolved in 1997, he continued coaching their successors,BC Lietuvos rytas
Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup Ba ...
until 2002. During his tenure with the team, he became the LKL champion twice, the now–defunct NEBL
The North European Basketball League, or Northern European Basketball League (NEBL), was a short-lived regional professional basketball league. It was founded in 1998, by Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Dmitry Buriak. The league was the first commerci ...
champion once, and the LKF Cup
The LKF Cup was an annual national domestic cup competition for Lithuanian professional basketball teams. It was organised by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija - LKF). The competition's full name was Lietuvos Kre ...
champion once. During the 2001–02 season, he teamed up with his former Statyba teammate Jonas Kazlauskas
Jonas Kazlauskas (born 21 November 1954) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the Guangdong Southern Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Playing career
Kazlauskas ...
and assisted the team to a NEBL and a LKL championship victory.
In 2004, he switched to coaching women's basketball teams. He coached BC Lietuvos Telekomas for three seasons. He served as the assistant coach for Lithuania women's national team participating in EuroBasket 2007
The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to th ...
. During 2008–09 season, he was the assistant coach of WBC Dynamo Kursk and became the team's head coach in 2011. He led the team to its first EuroCup championship title in 2012, and, as a result, was named by FIBA coach of the year in European women's basketball. He coached the team for one and half more seasons, losing his position in November 2013.
Russia women's national team
On 24 December 2012, he was named the head coach of the Russian national team. The team, named as one of the favorites in theEuroBasket 2013
EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.
France defeated Lithuania in th ...
, suffered a shocking fate, and was eliminated in the group stage. Not only was this the worst EuroBasket appearance for the team, but it also lost its usual spot at the 2014 World Championship. On 21 October 2013, under heavy criticism from the Russian Basketball Federation, Vainauskas resigned from the post.
References
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