2006-12-28 R.Butautas will coach Lithuanian national team
<p><a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj10ZWFtcy5tYWluJnQ9NTU="><strong>ASK Riga</strong></a> head coach <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wZXJzb25zLm1haW4mdD01NSZpZD0xMDI="><strong>Ramunas Butautas</strong></a> will have busy summers from now on. On Wednesday the executive committee of <a href="http://www.krepsiniofederacija.lt/index.php"><strong>Basketball Federation of Lithuania</strong></a> unanimously decided that R.Butautas would become the head coach of Lithuanian national men's team.</p><p><br />A 42-year-old specialist has been coaching ASK Riga for two years. Previously R.Butautas coached <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj10ZWFtcy5tYWluJnQ9NDc="><strong>Siauliai</strong></a> that won bronze in the SEB BBL (2005) and <a href="http://www.lkl.lt/" target="_blank"><strong>Lithuanian Basketball League</strong></a> (2005, 2004). In 2004 a newly appointed head coach of the Lithuanian national team was the head coach of the Lithuanian Junior team that won gold medals in the World Championship.<br /></p>