CURRICULUM VITAE OF
DR. MINDAUGAS BALCIUNAS
PHD IN BASKETBALL COACHING SCIENCE
Contacts for inquires:
UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER,
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Professor Mindaugas Balciunas
Honorary Professor, Chancellor of the Lithuanian Sports University
Institute of Sport & Exercise Science
Mindaugas has played a critical role in the University’s development as one of the most successful basketball universities in Europe.
In 2005, as a visiting lecturer from the Lithuanian Sports University, where he has been Chancellor for a long tme, Mindaugas attended an international week at the University of Worcester with a clear focus upon developing a partnership that would incorporate research, coaching and player development.
His PhD thesis formed the template for fitness and conditioning of elite youth players in Lithuania and he worked with University of Worcester sports scientists to adopt the template for England Basketball.
Mindaugas also had the responsibility for the Lithuanian Coaches Association and he organised several student exchanges and visits for University of Worcester students to attend European Camps and seminars. Significantly, Mindaugas played an active role in securing European funding to enable the students from Worcester to attend.
In 2007 Mindaugas became the youngest ever Secretary General of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. Since then he has organised a range of World and European championships from junior boys and girls to senior men and women. The most recent event that he organised was the EuroBasket 2011, arguably will go into the history books as the most competitive and enthralling editions of the biennial event, with the final being watched by over 20 million people worldwide. He led the Lithuanian men’s programme that secured a bronze medal in the World Men’s Basketball Championship 2010.
https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/profiles/professor-mindaugas-balciunas
MAIN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
International basketball strategies development
Sport management projects
Wellness and well-being studies
MAIN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
International basketball strategies development
Sport management projects
Wellness and well-being studies
AWARD "FOR LITHUANIAN SPORT DEVELOPMENT"GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LITHUANIA H.E. DALIA GRYBAUSKAITE
CAREER HISTORY
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Period Organisation Position
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1993 - 1995 Birzai sport school Basketball coach
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1995 - 1997 Lithuanian Referees’ Association Referee
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1997 – 1999 Kaunas basketball school Basketball coach
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1999 -2001 Basketball club ATLETAS, Kauna Manager
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2001 - 2012 Lithuania Academy of Physical education: Basketball lecturer
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2003 - 2007 Lithuanian Basketball Coaches’ Association Secretary general
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2005 - 2007 Baltic Basketball League Executive Director
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2007 - 2013 Lithuanian Basketball Federation Secretary general
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2008 - 2012 National Olympic Committee Member of the board
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2010 - 2014 FIBA Europe Board Member of the board
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2010 - 2018 European Basketball research centre Coordinator
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2011 FIBA Eurobasket 2011 in Lithuania Organizer
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2012 - 2018 Lithuanian Sports University Chancellor
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2014 - 2018 National Sport Science Council Member and Executive
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2014 - 2018 Basketball development foundation Director
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2014 - until now Private company "Wellness programmes" Director
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2016 - 2018 Lithuanian Sports University Vice-Rector
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2018 - until now Lithuanian Basketball coaches association Vice president
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2018 - until now International Basketball University CEO and Vice-Rector
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2021 - until now Lithuanian Basketball Federation Secretary general
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