Kestutis Kemzura named new head coach25 january 2007
On Thursday BC Khimki’s directors signed on the Lithuanian Kentutis Kemzura as head coach for the team. This 36-year-old b-ball expert will head up the Moscow Region Club until the end of this season, though it's possible his contract could be extended into the next. Assisting him: Russell Bergman, Alexei Vadeev, Oleg Meleschenko, and Mikhail Soloviev.
Kentutis was born 20 April 1970, with a sports career that includes playing for Zalgiris (Kaunas, Lithuania; both youth and main team from 1987-92); Atletas (Kaunas, Lithuania, 1993-96); BC Silute (Lithuania, 1996-98), Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius, Lithuania, 1998-99); Kalnapils (Panevezys, Lithuania, 1999-2000); and the Swans (Gmunden, Austria, 2000-01).
He participated in games for the Lithuanian National Team, two-time champion LKL (Lithuanian Basketball League, 1988-90), and three-time vice champion for the Nationals (1993-96). Kentutis assisted the head coach for Besiktas (Turkey, 2001/02) and Lietuvos Rytas: Jona Kazlauskas (2002/04, the club faced off against BC Khimki in the FIBA European League in 2004). Dynamo SPb (2004/05), and Benetton Treviso, Italy, 2005/06; and was assistant for both clubs for the Russian National Team’s head coach, David Blatt.
In 1992 he graduated from the Lithuanian Institute for Physical Education, is a member of the Lithuanian Association of Coaches, and speaks Lithuanian, Russian, and English.
Kentutis will coach the “Moscow Region Derby” this Saturday against his opponent Rutenis Paulauskas.
He participated in games for the Lithuanian National Team, two-time champion LKL (Lithuanian Basketball League, 1988-90), and three-time vice champion for the Nationals (1993-96). Kentutis assisted the head coach for Besiktas (Turkey, 2001/02) and Lietuvos Rytas: Jona Kazlauskas (2002/04, the club faced off against BC Khimki in the FIBA European League in 2004). Dynamo SPb (2004/05), and Benetton Treviso, Italy, 2005/06; and was assistant for both clubs for the Russian National Team’s head coach, David Blatt.
In 1992 he graduated from the Lithuanian Institute for Physical Education, is a member of the Lithuanian Association of Coaches, and speaks Lithuanian, Russian, and English.
Kentutis will coach the “Moscow Region Derby” this Saturday against his opponent Rutenis Paulauskas.
Author: BC Khimki
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