It was expected – and this morning (Thursday) it became official: Dainius Adumatis has been appointed the new coach of Hapoel Jerusalem, replacing Oded Katash who parted ways last night in favor of moving to Panathinaikos. The 47-year-old Lithuanian has signed a contract for a season and a half at a club from the capital. His candidacy was first published here.
As a player, the Lithuanian won the Euroleague in the previous version of the factory in 1999 (with Zalgiris Kaunas), as well as the EuroCup when it belonged to FIBA in 1998. He also has three championships in Lithuania and two in Poland. In addition to the Lithuanian and Polish teams, he also played In the French and Latvian leagues.
As a coach, he started his career in Polish Polish, from there he moved to Wloclawek and then returned to coach in Lithuania and began to flourish. He was Britas Vilnius, Juventus Utena, Benptonas and then again Britas, where he has coached for the last two seasons, and already has two coaching titles this season in his home country. In addition, he coached the Lithuanian national team for three years.
Last night, as mentioned, Hapoel Jerusalem said goodbye to Oded Katash – in a somewhat sour taste with a loss to Telecom Ankara in the Champions League. “Not that I wanted to part of course. The game went in our direction and we controlled and did not know how to finish it. We were not offensive with the right energies. It may have been a combination of pressure. I know the players really wanted it for me. We missed too many easy baskets and the game turned on us. “Not good. I very much hope that the guys will do the job in Limoges and come up because it can really be a big miss,” the outgoing coach concluded.
