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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 (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuan ...
) is a Lithuanian basketball coach, known for his stint with Žalgiris Kaunas.
He was coaching Atletas Kaunas
FK Atletas Kaunas (former:LKKA ir Teledema) was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. The majority of the players was recruited from the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education. LKKA ir Teledema earned promotion to the A Lyga, L ...
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
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, and assumed the Belarus women's national basketball team
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in 2012, qualifying them for two EuroBasket Women
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and the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women
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before leaving in 2014. In 2013 he became head coach of BC Pieno žvaigždės, 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
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in December, 2018.
Achievements
First his win withBC Žalgiris
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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