Kazys Maksvytis (born 15 June 1977) is a Lithuanian professional
basketball
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coach who is currently the
head coach
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for
Lithuania men's national basketball team
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and
Žalgiris Kaunas.
Coaching career
Professional clubs
From 2011 to 2012, Maksvytis was the head coach of the Lithuanian club
Sakalai Vilnius.
On 2012 he became the head coach of
Neptūnas Klaipėda. In 2012–13 season he guided the team to
Lithuanian Basketball League
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third place. In 2013–14 season Maksvytis won the second place in the Lithuanian Basketball League and won the right to play in the
EuroLeague next season.
On December 2015, did Maksvytis was appointed as the head coach for
Lietkabelis Panevėžys. In the following 2016–17 season, he helped the team reach their first ever
LKL finals, winning the silver medal after losing 4–1 to
Žalgiris Kaunas. In June 2017, Maksvytis returned to Neptūnas Klaipėda, guiding them to a third place finish and bronze medals in both
2018
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and
2019
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.
In June 2019, Maksvytis signed as the new head coach for Russian club
Parma Basket of the
VTB United League
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.
On February 27th, he decided to leave Parma after Russia's invasion in Ukraine, almost a month later it was announced he would take over Žalgiris in the 2022-2023 season. However, after the team lost two consecutive
Lithuanian League games for the first time in seven years,
Jure Zdovc
Jurij "Jure" Zdovc (born 13 December 1966) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player and coach Zdovc Returning to Helm of National Team.] As a player, he was a 1.98 m (6'6") tall point guard, who began his professional playing caree ...
was let go and Maksvytis actually started the job earlier - on 11 April, 2022.
National teams
While the head coach of the youth men's teams, Maksvytis won the gold medal in the European
2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, 2008 U16,
2010 U18,
2011 U19 and the
2012 U20 championships. On 14 September, 2021 Maksvytis was appointed the new head coach of
Lithuanian National team.
Kazys Maksvytis is the new coach of the Lithuanian National Team
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References
External links
Coach Profile
1977 births
BC Lietkabelis coaches
BC Neptūnas coaches
Lithuanian basketball coaches
Living people
Sportspeople from Kretinga
Parma Basket coaches
BC Sakalai coaches
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