Darius Maskoliūnas
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
2011 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
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2011–2012 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Trefl Sopot | ||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | FC Barcelona (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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As head coach:
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Darius Maskoliūnas (born 6 January 1971) is a Lithuanian professional
Early life
Maskoliūnas graduated from the first secondary school, in Jonava.
Professional career
During his pro
National team career
Maskoliūnas was a member of the senior
Coaching career
After his basketball playing career ended, Maskoliūnas started a career working as a
He has also worked as both an assistant and head coach with Žalgiris Kaunas' arch-rivals,
Personal life
Darius Maskoliūnas has an old nickname "Švarcas", which he gained during his tenure with Kaunas Žalgiris as a player. When he joined Žalgiris, he was an extremely skinny point guard, and due to his second name Maskoliūnas, which is a little bit similar to the English word "Muscles", he got the nickname of "Švarcas" (Arnold Schwarzenegger).[2] More recently, a growing number of online Lithuanian basketball community members have dubbed him ‘’makaluotojas’’ (Eng. one who beats or does something hurriedly, usually without much regard to quality) after his use of the word in an exhibition game to encourage his players to beat defenders with trick moves.
Awards and accomplishments
Club playing career
- 7× Lithuanian Champion: (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
- FIBA European Cup (FIBA Saporta Cup) Champion: (1998)
- North European League (NEBL) Champion: (1999)
- Champion: (1999)
- 2× Polish Cup Winner: (2000, 2001)
- Polish Supercup Winner: (2001)
- 2× Polish League (PLK) Champion: (2004, 2005)
Lithuanian senior national team
- 2000 Summer Olympic Games: Bronze
Coaching career
Assistant coach
- 4× Lithuanian League (LKL) Champion: (2008, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- 2× )
- EuroBasket 2013: Silver
- EuroBasket 2015: Silver
Head coach
- Baltic League (BBL) Champion: (2010)
References
- ^ Darius MASKOLIUNAS (LTU).
- ^ Europos čempionato dienoraštis (6): apie Kalną, Delną ir kodėl tik J.Kazlauskas neturi pravardės Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Lithuanian)