Ramūnas Butautas | |
Position: | Head coach |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1964 |
Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality: | Lithuanian |
Coach Start: | 2003 |
Coach End: | 2018 |
Cyears1: | 2003–2005 |
Cteam1: | Šiauliai |
Cyears2: | 2005–2008 |
Cteam2: | ASK Riga |
Cyears3: | 2009 |
Cteam3: | Donetsk |
Cyears4: | 2009–2010 |
Cteam4: | Žalgiris Kaunas |
Cyears5: | 2010–2014 |
Cteam5: | VEF Rīga |
Cyears6: | 2015–2016 |
Cteam6: | Astana |
Cyears7: | 2017–2018 |
Cteam7: | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
Cyears8: | 2017–2018 |
Cteam8: | Lebanon |
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Ramūnas Butautas (born 22 May 1964 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach who last coached Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He is the son of Stepas Butautas. In 2017, Butautas was elected as the head coach for Lebanon national basketball team.
On December 28, 2006, the executive committee of Basketball Federation of Lithuania unanimously decided that Butautas would become the head coach of the Lithuanian national men's basketball team. In December 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of Žalgiris Kaunas.[1] On February 9, 2010, Butautas was released from Žalgiris.[2] On March 16, 2011, Butautas was appointed head coach of VEF Rīga.[3] In June 2013 he signed a three-year extension with VEF Rīga, but following a disappointing season was relieved of his duties in June 2014. He also coached Astana, winning the national championship in 2015. He left the team after a disappointing season in 2016. On December 29, 2017, he became the head coach of Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[4]