Tomas Pačėsas

Tomas Pačėsas (born November 11, 1971) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player, basketball coach, businessman, and politician (chairman of Lithuania – For Everyone).

Playing career

Club career

Pačėsas was the Polish League MVP, in 2004.

Lithuanian senior national team

Pačėsas was a member of the senior Lithuanian national team that won bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.

Coaching career

In December 2015, Pačėsas signed on as the head coach of Lietuvos rytas. He helped Rytas win the King Mindaugas Cup, but suffered a disastrous 3rd-place finish in the LKL after losing to Neptūnas in the semifinals. In June 2016, he extended his contract for one more year. The 2016-2017 season was even more disastrous, as the team struggled in the LKL and failed to qualify to the Eurocup playoffs. In February 2017, Pačėsas resigned, and left Lietuvos rytas.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Śląsk Wrocław | 5 || 0 || 15.3 || .384 || .714 || .000 || 1.2 || 1.4 || .2 || .0 || 3.0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Asseco Prokom | 19 || 19 || 30.2 || .283 || .215 || .444 || 2.8 || 4.1 || 1.8 || .1 || 4.9 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | 13 || 11 || 28.1 || .426 || .400 || .667 || 2.5 || 2.8 || 1.2 || .0 || 6.2 || 7.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | 7 || 0 || 10.2 || .250 || .286 || .000 || .4 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || .9 || .1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 44 || 30 || 24.8 || .331 || .308 || .533 || 2.2 || 2.9 || 1.2 || .0 || 4.4 || 4.8

EuroCup

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| Asseco Prokom | 12 || 11 || 26.4 || .488 || .490 || 1.000 || 2.8 || 4.3 || 1.2 || .0 || 10.4 || 12.3

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

• North European League Champion: (2001)
• Russian Championship Champion: (2001)
• 6× Polish League Champion: (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Lithuanian senior national team

• 1996 Summer Olympic Games:

Coaching record

EuroLeague

|- | align="left"|Asseco Prokom | align="left"|2007–08 | 8 || 3 || 5 || || align="center"|Eliminated in group stage |- | align="left"|Asseco Prokom | align="left"|2008–09 | 16 || 3 || 13 || || align="center"|Eliminated in TOP-16 |- | align="left"|Asseco Prokom | align="left"|2009–10 | 20 || 8 || 12 || || align="center"|Eliminated in quarterfinals |- | align="left"|Asseco Prokom | align="left"|2010–11 | 10 || 2 || 8 || || align="center"|Eliminated in group stage |- | align="left"|Asseco Prokom | align="left"|2011–12 | 10 || 1 || 9 || || align="center"|Eliminated in group stage |-class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan=2|Career||64||17||47||||

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