Jump to content

Rimas Kurtinaitis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Sbaio (talk | contribs) at 17:41, 3 December 2016 (He is no longer with the team). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Rimas Kurtinaitis
Kurtinaitis as the Khimki head coach
Personal information
Born (1960-05-15) May 15, 1960 (age 64)
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1982: undrafted
Playing career1981–2006
PositionShooting guard
Number10, 12
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1983CSKA Moscow
1983–1989Žalgiris Kaunas
1989–1992Hagen
1992Žalgiris Kaunas
1992Peñas Huesca
1993Townsville Suns
1993–1995Real Madrid
1995–1996Žalgiris Kaunas
1996–1997Élan Chalon
1997–1998Atletas Kaunas
1998–1999Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2001–2002BC Kyiv
As coach:
2002–2006BC Gala Baku[note 1]
2002–2006Azerbaijan (national team)
2006PBC Ural Great
2006–2007Sakalai Vilnius
2007–2008Śląsk Wrocław
2008Prokom Trefl Sopot (assistant)
2008–2010Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2010–2011VEF Rīga
2011–2016Khimki
2016Pallacanestro Cantù
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Men's basketball
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place Spain 1986 USSR
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1985 West Germany USSR
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Yugoslavia USSR
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Russia National Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Czech Republic National Team
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona National team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta National team
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1995 Greece National team

Rimas Kurtinaitis (born May 15, 1960) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach, and a retired basketball player, who was a member of the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He is currently the head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of Italian Serie A. He played as a shooting guard, and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point Contest in 1989. He is 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) tall.

Club playing career

Kurtinaitis' former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, CSKA Moscow, and Real Madrid. Kurtinaitis was also the first European player to play as an import in Australia's National Basketball League, playing for the Townsville Suns in 1993.

Coaching career

In 1997, Kurtinaitis was named to the Lithuanian Ministry of Sport. In the years 2002–2006, he took the position of head coach of the Azerbaijan national basketball team. Also from 2002–2006, he was a player for four seasons[1] with BC Gala Baku, working as a player-coach.[2]

He became Sakalai's head coach during the mid-2000s (decade). In December 2007, he became the head coach of the Polish League men's basketball team Śląsk Wrocław.[3] In 2008, he became head coach of Lietuvos Rytas with whom, he won the Eurocup 2008–09 season's title, in the Final-Eight tournament in Turin (Torino), Italy, in a game against Khimky Moscow Region (Final score 80–74).

In 2012, Kurtinaitis won the Eurocup again, this time with Khimki. As of 2015, he is the only coach to win the Eurocup three times. On June 21, 2012, Rimas Kurtinaitis was named the best Eurocup coach of all time.[4] On March 15, 2016, Khimki parted ways with Kurtinaitis.[5]

On August 2, 2016, Kurtinaitis become the head coach of Pallacanestro Cantù of Italian Serie A.[6] However, on November 30, he was fired from the team.[7][8]

Awards and achievements

As player:

As coach:

References

  1. ^ Rimas Kurtinaitis
  2. ^ The coach: Rimas Kurtinaitis
  3. ^ "EUROBASKET – Lithuanian basketball". Eurobasket.net. Archived from the original on 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  4. ^ Eurocup Top 10 – Coaches
  5. ^ "BC Khimki, Kurtinaitis part ways". BC Khimki. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "RIMAS KURTINAITIS E' IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA PALLACANESTRO CANTU'". Pallacanestro Cantù (in Italian). August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "INTERVISTA A DMITRY GERASIMENKO". Pallacanestro Cantù (in Italian). November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "Basket, Cantù esonera Kurtinaitis Squadra al vice, poi Banchi o Recalcati?". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.

Notes

  1. ^ As a player-coach
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rimas_Kurtinaitis&oldid=752841024"