Darius Maskoliūnas

Darius Maskoliūnas

Darius Maskoliūnas in 2007
Žalgiris Kaunas
Position	Assisant coach
League	Lithuanian League Euroleague
Personal information
Born	(1971-01-06) January 6, 1971 Jonava, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1992–2005
Position	Point guard
Career history
As player:
1992–1999	Žalgiris Kaunas
1999–2003	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003	Ilisiakos
2003–2005	Prokom Trefl Sopot
As coach:
2007–2009	Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
2009–2010	Žalgiris Kaunas
2010	Baltai
2010–2011	Lietuvos rytas (assistant)
2011	Lietuvos rytas
2011–2012	Lietuvos rytas (assistant)
2012–2013	Lietuvos rytas
2013–2015	Trefl Sopot
2015–present	Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
6× LKL champion (1994–1999) European Cup winner (1998) NEBL champion (1999) Euroleague champion (1999) 2× Polish Cup winner (2000, 2001) Polish Supercup winner (2001) 2× PLK champion (2004, 2005)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Lithuania Olympic Games 2000 Sydney National Team FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Slovenia National Team 2015 France

Darius "Švarcas" Maskoliūnas ; born January 6, 1971) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. Currently he is assistant coach for Žalgiris Kaunas and a politician.

Lithuanian national team

Maskoliūnas was a member of the Lithuanian national team which won bronze medals at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Maskoliūnas works as a coach, and had worked as both assistand and head coach with BC Žalgiris and arch-rival BC Lietuvos Rytas. His stint at Žalgiris ended in controversy, as he was fired during the 2010 LKL final series by then owner Vladimir Romanov. He signed with BC Lietuvos Rytas next season, first as an assistant, but became head coach in April 2011 after coach Aleksandar Trifunović was fired. After the season, he once again became an assistant, this time to Aleksandar Džikić. In October of 2012, after Džikić was fired, he became head coach again, but was shockingly fired by Lietuvos Rytas in March 2013.

Nickname

Darius Maskoliūnas has an old nickname "Švarcas", which appeared during his tenure with Kaunas Žalgiris as an player. When he joined Žalgiris, he was extremely skinny point guard and due to his second name Maskoliūnas, which is a little bit similar to English word "Muscules", he got nickname of "Švarcas" (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Awards

• 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 LKL champion
• 1998 winner of European cup
• 1999 NEBL champion
• 1999 Euroleague champion
• 2000, 2001 winner of Polish Cup
• 2001 winner of Polish Supercup
• 2000 2000 Olympic Games bronze medalist
• 2003 FIBA Champion Cup vicechampion
• 2003 Polish vicechampion
• 2004, 2005 Polish champion