Stombergas joins Zalgiris coaching staff 0

LithuaniaBasketball.com

One of the most renowned Lithuanian players of his generation, Saulius Stombergas is returning to Zalgiris, as he will become an assistant coach to the newly appointed Serbian specialist Aleksandar Trifunovic.

The 37-year-old Lithuanian sharpshooter started working in the coaching staff of the second team of Zalgiris after finishing his playing career and was already appointed to be the head coach of the team from this season.

However, Stombergas didn’t spend even half a season, coaching the second division side before he earned another promotion, when he was invited to become part of Aleksandar Trifunovic’s staff after the changes at the helm of Zalgiris, which saw Ilias Zouros step down as the head coach.

The new assistant coach to Trifunovic has had a fair amount of success with Zalgiris, as he was one of the members of the Euroleague-winning squad in 1999, which remains one of the biggest achievements in Lithuanian club basketball to this day.