Rimas Kurtinaitis

Rimas Kurtinaitis
	Kurtinaitis as the head coach of Sabah BC, 2025
Sabah BC
Title	Head coach
League	Azerbaijan Basketball League
Personal information
Born	15 May 1960; Kaunas, Lithuania
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1982: undrafted
Playing career	1981–2006
Position	Shooting guard
Number	10, 12
Coaching career	2002–present
Career history
Playing
1981–1983	CSKA Moscow
1983–1989	Žalgiris Kaunas
1989–1992	BBV Hagen
1992	Žalgiris Kaunas
1992	Peñas Huesca
1993	Townsville Suns
1993–1995	Real Madrid
1995–1996	Žalgiris Kaunas
1996–1997	Élan Chalon
1997–1998	Atletas Kaunas
1998–1999	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2001–2002	Kyiv
2002–2006	Gala Baku
Coaching
2002–2006	Gala Baku
2006	Ural Great
2007	Sakalai Vilnius
2007–2008	Śląsk Wrocław
2008	Prokom Trefl Sopot (assistant)
2008–2010	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2010–2011	VEF Rīga
2011–2016	Khimki
2016	Pallacanestro Cantù
2017–2018	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2019–2021	Khimki
2022–2023	Wolves
2024–present	Sabah
Career highlights
	As a player: FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1986); FIBA European Selection Team (1996); FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals Top Scorer (1985); Spanish League champion (1994); 5× USSR Premier League champion (1982, 1983, 1985–1987); USSR Cup winner (1982); German League Top Scorer (1990); German All-Star Game Three-point Champion (1991); Lithuanian LKL League champion (1996); Lithuanian LKL Finals MVP (1996); 2× Lithuanian League All-Star (1996, 1998); Lithuanian All-Star Game MVP (1996); As a head coach: 3× EuroCup champion (2009, 2012, 2015); The Best EuroCup Coach of All Time (2012); VTB United League champion (2011); VTB United League Coach of the Year (2014); VTB United League Hall of Fame (2019); 2× Lithuanian League champion (2009, 2010); 2× Lithuanian Federation Cup winner (2009, 2010); Baltic League champion (2009); 2× Azerbaijan League champion (2024, 2025);
Men's basketball
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
EuroBasket
Friendship Games
Representing Lithuania
Olympic Games
EuroBasket
Head coach for Lithuania
FIBA Europe U20 Championship

Rimas Kurtinaitis (born 15 May 1960) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Lithuania men's national team and Sabah of the Azerbaijan Basketball League (ABL). As a player, he was a member of the senior Soviet Union and Lithuania national teams, and won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his playing career, at a height of 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, he played at the shooting guard position. He is the only non-NBA player to ever participate at the NBA All-Star Weekend's Three-Point Contest, doing so in 1989, where he scored 9 points.