Dainius Adomaitis
![]() Adomaitis in May 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Neptūnas Klaipėda | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||
League | LKL | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Šakiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | January 19, 1974|||||||||||||
Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1996 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1993–2009 | |||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2009–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||
1993–1996 | Statyba Vilnius | |||||||||||||
1996–1999 | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||
1999 | Zucchetti Montecatini | |||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Anwil Włocławek | |||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Śląsk Wrocław | |||||||||||||
2003–2007 | BCM Gravelines | |||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Barons/LMT Riga | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Lithuania | |||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Rytas Vilnius | |||||||||||||
2021 | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||||||||||||
2021– | Neptūnas Klaipėda | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
As player:
As head coach: | ||||||||||||||
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Dainius Adomaitis (born January 19, 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
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 Riga. In August 2009 he announced the end of his career.[1]
National team career[]
Adomaitis was a member of the Lithuanian national team, which won bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Coaching career[]
On August 22, 2009, he was named an assistant coach of the Polish team Czarni Słupsk.[2] On March 23, 2010, he was promoted to be the head coach of the team.[3]
In June 2012, he signed a contract with Anwil Włocławek to be the head coach, but he was fired the same year because of bad team results.[4][5] On November 19, 2012, he joined the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas Vilnius as assistant coach of head coach Darius Maskoliūnas.[6] After shortly performing as the head coach of Lietuvos rytas, he joined Juventus Utena and was named best coach of the 2014–15 LKL season.[7]
In 2015, he joined Neptūnas and was once again named best coach of the LKL season after coaching Neptūnas to the LKL finals.[8]
On June 21, 2018, Adomaitis was hired as head coach by Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[9] On June 2, 2020, Adomaitis and Rytas Vilnius agreed to mutually part ways after both sides could not agree on a contract extension.[10]
On January 14, 2021, Adomaitis signed as head coach with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[11] On April 9, 2021, the two sides parted ways.[12]
Lithuanian national team (2016–2019)[]
On October 25, 2016, Adomaitis was appointed as head coach for the Lithuanian national basketball team, following the departure of Jonas Kazlauskas shortly after the 2016 Rio Olympics.[13] He left the Lithuanian national team after the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where the Lithuanian team was eliminated from the quarterfinals.[14]
Career statistics[]
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 |
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2001–02 | Śląsk Wrocław | 14 | 9 | 30.4 | .505 | .475 | .692 | 4.1 | 1.4 | .4 | .2 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
2002–03 | 14 | 8 | 28.4 | .468 | .533 | .833 | 3.4 | 1.3 | .9 | .1 | 8.2 | 9.6 | |
Career | 28 | 17 | 29.3 | .489 | .500 | .744 | 3.8 | 1.4 | .6 | .2 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
References[]
- ^ Grinbergas, Marius. "D.Adomaitis paskelbė apie karjeros pabaigą". www.krepsinis.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ "D.Adomaitis keliasi į Lenkiją". August 22, 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ "D.Adomaitis tapo Lenkijos klubo vyriausiuoju treneriu". www.delfi.it. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Adomaitis treniruos "Anwil" krepšininkus".
- ^ ""Anwil" klubas atleido Adomaitį".
- ^ "Adomaitis tapo Maskoliūno asistentu".
- ^ "LKL sezono MVP – Antanas Kavaliauskas, finale geriausias – Artūras Milaknis". 24sek.lt. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ "Iškilmingai uždarytas 23-iasis "Tete-a-Tete Casino-LKL" sezonas (3 video, foto)". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Vilniaus "Rytas" pradeda naują etapą – klubo vyriausiuoju treneriu tapo Dainius Adomaitis". www.bcvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- ^ "Vilniaus "Rytui" nepavyko pratęsti sutarties su Dainiumi Adomaičiu". rytasvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Hapoel Jerusalem announces Dainius Adomaitis as head coach". Sportando. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Hapoel Jerusalem, coach Dainius Adomaitis part ways". Sportando. April 9, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ "Lithuania appoints Adomaitis as new head coach - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. October 25, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ Bouranis, Yiannis (September 8, 2019). "Dainius Adomaitis to leave Lithuania after the Basketball World Cup". TalkBasket.net. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- 1998 FIBA World Championship players
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- BCM Gravelines players
- BC Rytas coaches
- BC Neptūnas coaches
- BC Statyba players
- BC Žalgiris players
- BK Barons players
- KK Włocławek players
- Lithuanian basketball coaches
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in France
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Latvia
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players of Lithuania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- People from Šakiai
- Shooting guards
- Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
- Small forwards