Dainius Adomaitis

Dainius Adomaitis

Neptūnas Klaipėda
Position	Head coach
League	Lithuanian Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1974-01-19) January 19, 1974 Šakiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1993–2009
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1996	Statyba
1996–1999	Žalgiris
1999	Zucchetti Montecatini
1999–2000	Anwil Włocławek
2000–2003	Śląsk Wrocław
2003–2007	BCM Gravelines
2007–2009	Barons/LMT
As coach:
2009–2010	Czarni Słupsk (assistant)
2010–2012	Czarni Słupsk
2012	Anwil Włocławek
2012–2013	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant)
2013–2014	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2014–2015	Juventus Utena
2015–present	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2016-present	Lithuania NT
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Lithuania Olympic Games 2000 Sydney National Team

Dainius Adomaitis (born January 19, 1974) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and current head coach of BC Neptūnas.

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 Anwil Włocławek, and later to Śląsk Wrocław and finally in 2003 he arrived to BCM Gravelines. 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. In August 2009 he announced the end of his career.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2001–02	Wrocław	14	6	30.2	.527	.475	.692	4.1	1.4	.4	.2	10.8	9.9
2002–03	Wrocław	14	5	28.2	.429	.533	.833	3.4	1.3	.9	.1	8.2	9.6

Coaching career

Since August 22, 2009, he is an assistant coach at Czarni Słupsk. Since March 23, 2010 head coach of this team. In June 2012 he signed with Anwil Włocławek, but he was fired the same year because of bad results. On November 19, 2012, he joined Lietuvos Rytas as assistant coach of Darius Maskoliunas.

Lithuanian national team

Adomaitis was a member of the Lithuanian national team which won bronze medals at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2016 he was elected to be a coach for a Lithuanian national team.