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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 Lithuani ...
) 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
EuroBasket Women is a biennial international women's basketball competition held between the nations of FIBA Europe for women's national teams. EuroBasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and also the ...
and the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women 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 in December, 2018.
Achievements
First his win withBC Žalgiris
Basketball Club Žalgiris ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania, and competes domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL, Lithuanian Basketball League). Founded in 1944, ...
was Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup
The LKF Cup was an annual national domestic cup competition for Lithuanian professional basketball teams. It was organised by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija - LKF). The competition's full name was Lietuvos Kre ...
, was won on 2007 February 7. In 2007 May 22 team has won Lithuanian Basketball League gold medals.
In his second season, he won the second consecutive LKF Cup and the LKL championship.
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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