Dainius Adomaitis

Dainius Adomaitis (born 19 January 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of Japan's B.League.

Dainius Adomaitis

Adomaitis in January 2024
Alvark Tokyo
Position	Head coach
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1974-01-19) 19 January 1974 (age 50) Šakiai, Lithuania
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
2021–2022	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2022–present	Alvark Tokyo
Career highlights and awards
As player: EuroLeague champion (1999) FIBA EuroCup champion (1998) 3× Lithuanian LKL champion (1997–1999) 2× Polish League champion (2001, 2002) North European League champion (1999) French Cup winner (2005) As head coach: 2× LKL Coach of the Year (2015, 2016) Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup winner (2019)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Lithuania Olympic Games 2000 Sydney

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 the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Coaching career

On 22 August 2009 he was named an assistant coach of the Polish team Czarni Słupsk.^[2] On 23 March 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 19 November 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 21 June 2018 Adomaitis was hired as head coach by Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League.^[9] On 2 June 2020 Adomaitis and Rytas Vilnius agreed to mutually part ways after both sides could not agree on a contract extension.^[10]

On 14 January 2021 Adomaitis signed as head coach with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.^[11] On 9 April 2021 the two sides parted ways.^[12]

On 18 December 2021 Adomatis signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for the rest of the season.^[13]

On 1 July 2022 it was announced that Adomaitis signed with Alvark Tokyo which competes in Japan's B.League.^[14]

Lithuanian national team (2016–2019)

On 25 October 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.^[15] He left the Lithuanian national team after the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where the Lithuanian team was eliminated from the quarterfinals.^[16]

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	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

1. Grinbergas, Marius. "D.Adomaitis paskelbė apie karjeros pabaigą". www.krepsinis.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
2. "D.Adomaitis keliasi į Lenkiją". 22 August 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
3. "D.Adomaitis tapo Lenkijos klubo vyriausiuoju treneriu". www.delfi.it. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
4. "Adomaitis treniruos "Anwil" krepšininkus".
5. ""Anwil" klubas atleido Adomaitį".
6. "Adomaitis tapo Maskoliūno asistentu".
7. "LKL sezono MVP – Antanas Kavaliauskas, finale geriausias – Artūras Milaknis". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
8. "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 8 June 2016.
9. "Vilniaus "Rytas" pradeda naują etapą – klubo vyriausiuoju treneriu tapo Dainius Adomaitis". www.bcvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
10. "Vilniaus "Rytui" nepavyko pratęsti sutarties su Dainiumi Adomaičiu". rytasvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
11. "Hapoel Jerusalem announces Dainius Adomaitis as head coach". Sportando. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
12. "Hapoel Jerusalem, coach Dainius Adomaitis part ways". Sportando. April 9, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
13. "Oficialu: Dainius Adomaitis sugrįžo į Klaipėdos „Neptūną"" (in Lithuanian). 15min.lt. December 18, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
14. "Oficialu: daugiau kaip triskart uždarbį pasididinęs Adomaitis keliasi į Japoniją" (in Lithuanian). basketnews.lt. July 1, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
15. "Lithuania appoints Adomaitis as new head coach - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
16. Bouranis, Yiannis (8 September 2019). "Dainius Adomaitis to leave Lithuania after the Basketball World Cup". TalkBasket.net. Retrieved 12 December 2020.