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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ramūnas Butautas
| image = Ramunas Butautas by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
| caption = Butautas in 2015
| team = 
| position = [[Head coach]]
| league = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|5|22|}}
| birth_place = [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic|Lithuanian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| nationality = Lithuanian
| coach_start = 2003
| coach_end = 2018
| cyears1     = 2003–2005
| cteam1      = [[BC Šiauliai|Šiauliai]]
| cyears2     = 2005–2008
| cteam2      = [[ASK Riga]]
| cyears3     = 2007–2009
| cteam3      = [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuania]]
| cyears4     = 2009
| cteam4      = [[BC Donetsk|Donetsk]]
| cyears5     = 2009–2010
| cteam5      = [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]]
| cyears6     = 2010–2014
| cteam6      = [[BK VEF Rīga|VEF Rīga]]
| cyears7     = 2015–2016
| cteam7      = [[BC Astana|Astana]]
| cyears8     = 2017–2018
| cteam8      = [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]]
| cyears9     = 2017–2018
| cteam9      = [[Lebanon men's national basketball team|Lebanon]]
| highlights  =
* 3× [[Latvijas Basketbola līga|Latvian League]] champion (2011–2013)
* [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship|Kazakh League]] champion (2015)
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{LTU}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket|FIBA European Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[EuroBasket 2007|2007 Spain]] | [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|National Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2004 Czech Republic]] | [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|National Team]]}}
}}

'''Ramūnas Butautas''' (born 22 May 1964 in [[Kaunas]]) is a [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] professional [[basketball]] coach who last coached [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]] of the [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian Basketball League]]. He is the son of [[Stepas Butautas]]. In 2017, Butautas was elected as the head coach for [[Lebanon men's national basketball team|Lebanon national basketball team]].

==Career==
On December 28, 2006, the executive committee of Basketball Federation of Lithuania unanimously decided that Butautas would become the head coach of the [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuanian national men's basketball team]]. In December 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]].<ref>[http://www.zalgiris.lt/LT/naujienos/zinutes/5142/ 2009-12-24 R.Butautas oficialiai tapo Kauno „Žalgirio“ vyr. treneriu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227190132/http://www.zalgiris.lt/LT/naujienos/zinutes/5142 |date=2009-12-27 }} {{in lang|lt}}</ref> On February 9, 2010, Butautas was released from Žalgiris.<ref>[http://www.balsas.lt/naujiena/374036/zalgiris-atleido-ramuna-butauta] {{in lang|lt}}</ref> On March 16, 2011, Butautas was appointed head coach of [[BK VEF Rīga|VEF Rīga]].<ref name="R.Butautas">[http://www.sportas.info/naujienos/5835-prie_vef_vairo_r_kurtinaiti_keicia_r_butautas.html] {{in lang|lt}}</ref> In June 2013 he signed a three-year extension with VEF Rīga, but following a disappointing season was relieved of his duties in June 2014. He also coached [[BC Astana|Astana]], winning the national championship in 2015. He left the team after a disappointing season in 2016. On December 29, 2017, he became the head coach of [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]] of the [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian Basketball League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Komandos vairą perima R.Butautas|url=http://www.kklietkabelis.lt/komandos-vaira-perima-r-butautas/|website=www.kklietkabelis.lt|accessdate=December 29, 2017|language=lt-LT|date=December 29, 2017}}</ref>

==National level==
* 2003: Lithuania U-19 second coach
* 2004: Lithuania U-20 head coach
* 2005: Lithuania U-21 head coach
* 2007–2009: [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuania national basketball team]] head coach
* 2017: Lithuania U-20 head coach
* 2017–2018: [[Lebanon men's national basketball team|Lebanon national basketball team]] head coach <ref>[http://www.sportando.com/m/en/national-teams/national-teams/236181/ramunas-butautas-is-the-new-head-coach-of-lebanon-national-team.html]{{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

==Achievements==
* Silver in [[2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship]]
* Bronze [[2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]
* Gold in 2005 [[FIBA Under-21 World Championship]]
* [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|LKL]] bronze medalist – 2004, 2005
* [[Baltic Basketball League|BBL]] bronze medalist – 2005, 2008, 2012
* [[Baltic Basketball League|BBL]] silver medalist – 2011
* Latvian league bronze medalist – 2006
* Latvian league champion – 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
* Bronze in [[EuroBasket 2007]]
* Latvian league silver medalist – 2008, 2014
* [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship]] champion – 2015

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.lkl.lt/index.php/b19sYW5nPWhlJm9fc2Vhcz0xMyZvX2xlYWc9MSZmdXNlYWN0aW9uPXBhZ2VzLnZpZXcmcGFnZT00OQ==] [[Lithuanian Basketball League]] {{in lang|lt}}

{{BC Lietkabelis current roster}}
{{Lithuania Squad EuroBasket 2007}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kaunas]]
[[Category:ASK Riga coaches]]
[[Category:BC Astana coaches]]
[[Category:BC Žalgiris coaches]]
[[Category:Lithuanian basketball coaches]]
[[Category:BC Lietkabelis coaches]]
[[Category:Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Latvia]]
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