Jonas Kazlauskas
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| birthday | November 21, 1954 | |
| place of birth | Panevėžys , Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union | |
| size | 191 cm | |
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1973–1985 Vilnius Statyba
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1994–2000 Žalgiris Kaunas head coach 1997–2001 Lithuania head coach 2000–2004 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius head coach 2004 China assistant coach 2004–2006 Olympiacos Piraeus head coach 2005–2008 China head coach 2009–2010 Greece head coach 2011–2012 ZSKA Moscow head coach since 2013 Guangdong Southern Tigers   
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Jonas Kazlauskas (born November 21, 1954 in Panevėžys ) is a former Lithuanian basketball player and current basketball coach.
Career
Kazlauskas played throughout his playing career (1973-1985) at the historic Lithuanian basketball club Vilnius Statyba , which is now known under the name Lietuvos rytas . His greatest achievement as a player was winning a bronze medal in the Soviet Basketball League in 1979.
Later he was also the coach of the two most successful basketball teams in Lithuania, Žalgiris Kaunas (1994-2000) and Lietuvos rytas (2000-2004). With these two teams he won the Lithuanian championship six times and in 2002 was "Lithuania's coach of the year". He also won the Eurocup with Žalgiris in 1998 and the Euroleague and the Northern European Basketball League in 1999 and again the Northern European Basketball League in 2002 with Lietuvos rytas. In between he was in charge of the Lithuanian national basketball team (1997-2001), with which he won the Baltic Cup in 1998 and the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games . After these successful years in his home country, he moved to Greece to the Greek basketball club Olympiacos Piraeus . With Olympiacos he did not achieve any notable successes, but all the more so with the Chinese national basketball team , where he first worked as an assistant coach at Del Harris' side in 2004 and as head coach from 2005 to 2008. In 2005 he won the FIBA Asian Championships with his team and the Asian Games in 2006 after a 59:44 final victory over the Qatari national basketball team . In 2009 Kazlauskas became national coach of Greece and won bronze with her at the Eurobasket that same year . After his termination of his engagement with the Greek national team in 2010, he became the head coach of CSKA Moscow in 2011 . With CSKA he won the Russian championship in 2012 and was named “Russia's Coach of the Year”. Jonas Kazlauskas is one of the best basketball coaches in Europe.
Most recently, he moved to the Chinese club Guangdong Southern Tigers in 2013 .
Successes and awards as a trainer
- Winning the Lithuanian championship (6): 1995-99 (with Žalgiris Kaunas ) and 2002 (with Lietuvos rytas )
- Baltic Cup won: 1998
- Eurocup win : 1998
- Euroleague win : 1999
- Winning the Northern European Basketball League (2): 1999 (with Žalgiris Kaunas ) and 2002 (with Lietuvos rytas )
- Won bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games
- Award as "Lithuania Coach of the Year": 2002
- Bronze medal won at the FIBA U-20 European Championship: 2004
- Gold medal won at the FIBA Asian Championships: 2005
- Gold medal won at the Asian Games : 2006
- Won the bronze medal at the Eurobasket 2009
- Winning the Russian championship : 2012
- Awarded “Russia's Coach of the Year”: 2012
Private
Jonas Kazlauskas is married and has two daughters. Kazlauskas states that he enjoys doing crossword puzzles , as well as playing tennis and computer games .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eurocup tournament 1997/1998 on linguasport.com
- ↑ finals, Euro League 1998/1999 on linguasport.com
- ↑ Profile on krepsinis.net
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kazlauskas, Jonas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian basketball player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Panevėžys , Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |