Dainius Adomaitis (born 19 January 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional

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player and the head coach for

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's B.League.

Professional career

He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the EuroLeague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there. Therefore, he moved to

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, and later to

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and finally in 2003 he arrived to

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. He became the captain of this team just a year later. Nevertheless, at the end of 2006–2007 season during the change of coaches, he left to Barons/LMT Riga. In August 2009 he announced the end of his career.

National team career

Adomaitis was a member of the Lithuanian national team, which won bronze medal at the

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Coaching career

On 22 August 2009 he was named an assistant coach of the Polish team

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. On 23 March 2010 he was promoted to be the head coach of the team. In June 2012, he signed a contract with

to be the head coach, but he was fired the same year because of bad team results. On 19 November 2012 he joined the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas Vilnius as assistant coach of head coach Darius Maskoliūnas. After shortly performing as the head coach of Lietuvos rytas, he joined Juventus Utena and was named best coach of the

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. In 2015, he joined Neptūnas and was once again named best coach of the LKL season after coaching Neptūnas to the LKL finals. On 21 June 2018 Adomaitis was hired as head coach by Rytas Vilnius of the

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. On 2 June 2020 Adomaitis and Rytas Vilnius agreed to mutually part ways after both sides could not agree on a contract extension. On 14 January 2021 Adomaitis signed as head coach with

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of the

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. On 9 April 2021 the two sides parted ways. On 18 December 2021 Adomatis signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for the rest of the season. On 1 July 2022 it was announced that Adomaitis signed with

which competes in Japan's B.League.

Lithuanian national team (2016–2019)

On 25 October 2016 Adomaitis was appointed as head coach for the

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, following the departure of

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shortly after the

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. He left the Lithuanian national team after the

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, where the Lithuanian team was eliminated from the quarterfinals.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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References

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