Kęstutis Kemzūra

Kęstutis Kemzūra
Kęstutis Kemzūra as Lithuania basketball team coach
Olympiacos
Position Assistant coach
League Greek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1970-04-20) April 20, 1970
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career 1993–2001
Position Point guard
Coaching career 2001–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1996 Atletas Kaunas
1996–1998 Šilutė
1998–1999 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
1999–2000 Kalnapilis Panevėžys
2000 BC Sema
2000–2001 Swans Gmunden
As coach:
2001–2002 Beşiktaş (assistant)
2002–2003 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant)
2003–2004 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2004–2005 Dynamo Saint Petersburg (assistant)
2005–2007 Benetton Treviso (assistant)
2007–2009 Khimki
2009–2010 Lokomotiv Kuban
2012–2013 Asseco Prokom Gdynia
2013–2015 ČEZ Nymburk
2016–2018 Darüşşafaka (assistant)
2018–present Olympiacos (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

As coach:

As assistant coach:

Medals

As coach

Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
World Championships
Turkey 2010National team

Kęstutis Kemzūra (born 20 April 1970) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player.

Playing career

Kemzūra started out as a guard in Atletas Kaunas. He averaged 6.5 points per game, 2.5 rebounds and 1 assist in Saporta Cup his first year. His next year was more successful – he recorded 12.5 points per game, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. In 1996, he moved to Šilutė and then to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius for the 1998–99 season, where he became a playing coach. Kemzūra left the team in November and played for Kalnapilis Panevėžys. In 2000, he starred in Korać Cup with BC Sema. His last playing season was the 2000–01 season, in which he played for Swans Gmunden. Kemzūra also played temporarily for Lithuania national basketball team in 1994,[1] when the team was qualifying for a spot in the EuroBasket 1995.

Coaching career

After leaving Gmunden Swans, Kemzūra pursued coaching career. During the 2001–02 season, he was hired by Beşiktaş as an assistant coach. The following year, he moved to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius as an assistant coach and then as a head coach. For the next three years, he spent his life coaching Dynamo Saint Petersburg and Benetton Treviso. In 2007, Kemzūra became the head coach of Khimki Moscow Region;[2] he was replaced by Sergio Scariolo in December 2008.[3] In December 2009, he signed a coaching contract with Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar.[4] In 2011, he was chosen to become the foreign players' coach during the Russian All-Star game. Kemzūra left the team in 2012. Kemzūra then signed a contract with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in July 2012.[5] He left Prokom in January. In June, he became head coach for ČEZ Basketball Nymburk.

In December 2016, he became an assistant coach of EuroLeague side Darüşşafaka S.K. after Ainars Bagatskis decision to leave the team.[6]

On July 3, 2018, Kemzūra was named an assistant coach of Olympiacos under head coach David Blatt.[7]

National team career

Lithuanian national team

At the EuroBasket 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship, he served as an assistant coach for Lithuania. At the 2010 FIBA World Championship he was a head coach for the Lithuania, which won bronze medals. He also coached the team to a 5th place at the EuroBasket 2011 and to an 8th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He resigned in 2012.

Latvian national team

In 2009, he became Latvia's head coach, which finished 13th in EuroBasket 2009. He declined to extend his contract with the team instead becoming the head coach of Lithuania national basketball team in 2009.[8]

Austrian national team

On January 29, 2016, Kemzūra became the head coach of Austria and coached it in EuroBasket 2017 qualification.[9][10] Despite failed attempt to qualify for EuroBasket 2017 his contract was extended at the end of the year.[11]

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.gameID_1288-B-11-6.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1995.roundID_1288.html
  2. ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/ulebcup/home/news/i/7109/3735/item
  3. ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/ulebcup/home/news/i/40062/448/item
  4. ↑ http://www.delfi.lt/news/sport/eurobasket2003/kkemzura-tapo-lokomotiv-klubo-treneriu.d?id=27301201
  5. ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/98784/180/asseco-prokom-makes-kemzura-its-new-boss
  6. ↑ "Svarbus įvertinimas: Kęstutis Kemzūra tapo Davido Blatto asistentu". 15min (in Lithuanian). December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Στο τεχνικό επιτελείο του Ολυμπιακού ο Κεστούτις Κεμζούρα". olympiacosbc.gr (in Greek). July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/arti.asp?newsid=36553
  9. ↑ "K.Kemzūra priėmė ambicingą iššūkį". Krepsinis.net. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Austria Hope For Big Leap With Kemzura At Helm". FIBA Europe. January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Kęstutis Kemzūra nusprendė tęsti darbus Austrijoje" (in Lithuanian). 15min. November 23, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
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