Ramūnas Butautas (born 22 May 1964 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian professional

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coach who last coached Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the

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. He is the son of

Stepas Butautas Stepas Butautas (alternate spellings: Stiepas, Butaustas) (25 August 1925 – 22 March 2001 in Kaunas) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Sov ...

. In 2017, Butautas was elected as the head coach for

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Career

On December 28, 2006, the executive committee of Basketball Federation of Lithuania unanimously decided that Butautas would become the head coach of the Lithuanian national men's basketball team. In December 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of Žalgiris Kaunas. On February 9, 2010, Butautas was released from Žalgiris. On March 16, 2011, Butautas was appointed head coach of VEF Rīga.
In June 2013 he signed a three-year extension with VEF Rīga, but following a disappointing season was relieved of his duties in June 2014. He also coached BC Astana, Astana, winning the national championship in 2015. He left the team after a disappointing season in 2016. On December 29, 2017, he became the head coach of Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the

National level

* 2003: Lithuania U-19 second coach * 2004: Lithuania U-20 head coach * 2005: Lithuania U-21 head coach * 2007–2009:

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head coach * 2017-: Lithuania U-20 head coach * 2017-:

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Achievements

* Silver in

2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Greek: 2003 Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα FIBA Under-19) was the 7th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. The men's U19 youth international basketball championship organized by FIBA. I ...

* Bronze

2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads ...

* Gold in 2005

FIBA Under-21 World Championship The FIBA Under-21 World Championship was a men's under-21-only basketball competition organized by the International Basketball Federation The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organization ...

* LKL bronze medalist – 2004, 2005 * BBL bronze medalist – 2005, 2008, 2012 * BBL silver medalist – 2011 * Latvian league bronze medalist – 2006 * Latvian league champion – 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 * Bronze 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 ...

* Latvian league silver medalist – 2008, 2014 *

Kazakhstan Basketball Championship The Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу) is the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan, it is organised by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its ...

champion – 2015

References

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