Wolves Vilnius and head coach Kestutis Kemzura will remain together for another season, the club announced Wednesday. Kemzura, age 53, joined Wolves in late March, replacing three-time EuroCup champion Rimas Kurtinaitis. He helped the team reach the European North Basketball League championship game and the Lithuanian League playoffs. He returns to the EuroCup for a seventh season in the competition: his last appearance was with CEZ Basketball Nymburk in the 2014-15 campaign, and he has a 32-27 record in the EuroCup.
Wolves keep Coach Kemzura
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A former player, Kemzura was as an assistant coach at Rytas Vilnius of Lithuania - and briefly served as head coach, Dynamo St Petersburg of Russia and Benetton Treviso of Italy. He coached Russian side Khimki Moscow Region from January 2007 to December 2008, and also led Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia, Asseco Prokom Gdynia of Poland and Nymburk before returning to an assistant coach role to the legendary David Blatt, first with Darussafaka Istanbul and then with Olympiacos Piraeus. Kemzura was named Olympiacos's head coach and also led Socar Petkimspor of Turkey before joining Wolves.
As a head coach, he led Khimki to the Russian Cup in 2008 and won back-to-back Czech League crowns with Nymburk in 2014 and 2015. As Blatt's assistant, Kemzura lifted the EuroCup trophy with Darussafaka in 2018, won the Italian League with Treviso in 2006, and claimed the FIBA Europe Cup crown with Dynamo in 2005. Kemzura has also coached the Lithuanian and Austrian national teams. He helped Lithuania win a bronze medal at the 2010 World Cup.