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Rimantas Grigas (born 1962,
Rimantas Grigas
LKL. Living people Lithuanian basketball coaches Soviet basketball coaches BC Žalgiris coaches 1962 births Basketball players from Klaipėda {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub
Rimantas Grigas (born 1962, Klaipėda
Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...
) is a Lithuanian basketball coach, known for his stint with Žalgiris Kaunas.
He was coaching Atletas Kaunas in the 1996–1999 season. Before entering Žalgiris Kaunas coach staff, he was signed with Žalgiris stand-in. Before the resignation of previous head coach Ainars Bagatskis, he was his assistant. He was also head coach of BC Budivelnyk, and assumed the Belarus women's national basketball team in 2012, qualifying them for two EuroBasket Women and the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women before leaving in 2014. In 2013 he became head coach of BC Pieno žvaigždės
BC Pieno žvaigždės () was a professional basketball club from Pasvalys, Lithuania. Founded in 1999, the team competed in the top-tier Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) for 13 seasons from 2011 to 2024. The club name c ...
, helping BC Pieno žvaigždės reach 5th place in the LKL in his lone season. He is the current head coach of the U18 Lithuanian national basketball team. He also worked with BC Tsmoki-Minsk. He briefly returned to coaching BC Pieno žvaigždės in 2017, but was shockingly forced resigned in December. He became head coach of NKL side BC Jonava in December, 2018.
Achievements
First his win withBC Žalgiris
Basketball Club Žalgiris () commonly known as BC Žalgiris, is a professional basketball club based in Kaunas, Lithuania. They compete domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lithuanian Basketball League (''Lietuvos krepšinio lyga'') and ...
was Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup, was won on 2007 February 7. In 2007 May 22 team has won Lithuanian Basketball League
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gold medals.
In his second season, he won the second consecutive LKF Cup and the LKL championship.
References
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LKL. Living people Lithuanian basketball coaches Soviet basketball coaches BC Žalgiris coaches 1962 births Basketball players from Klaipėda {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub