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- Title:
- Player Development Assistant
Gilvydas Biruta enters his first season at Boston College as a Player Development Assistant. Biruta joins the Heights following one season as a Video Coordinator/Player Development Coach for the NBA G League’s Windy City Bulls.
Biruta previously spent the 2024-25 NBA G League season as an assistant coach for the Grand Rapids Gold, affiliate to the Denver Nuggets. Prior to joining the NBA G League coaching ranks, Biruta spent one season on the Rhode Island staff as a graduate assistant during the 2023-24 season.
After the conclusion of his collegiate career, Biruta spent the summer of 2015 with the Denver Nuggets Summer League team. He also played professionally in Europe from 2015-2023. He began his career with 2015–2016 Neptunas Klaipeda (2015-16), and also had stints with Lavrio (2016), Aries Trikala (2016-17), Assigeco Piacenza (2017), JL Bourg (2017-18), Cherkaski Mavpy (2019), Lietkabelis Panevežys (2020), Heroes Den Bosch (2020), CBet Prienai (2020-21) and CEP Lorient (2021-23).
A 1,200-point scorer during his collegiate career with Rutgers and Rhode Island, Biruta played two seasons at Rutgers, later transferring to URI in 2013 for two seasons playing under Dan Hurley.
Biruta also has international experience as part of the Lithuanian National Team program, helping the U-16 team win a bronze medal at the 2007 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship. He also had two runs with the U-18 National Team, winning silver at the 2008 FIBA Europe U-18 Championship.
A native of Jonava, Lithuania, Biruta earned a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Writing from the University of Rhode Island in 2015.
COACH MURRAY ON BIRUTA
“I am very excited to add Gil and his family to Boston College. He and I go way back, and I have a lot of confidence in Gil as a human being and as an up-and-coming basketball coach. His experience as a player and as a coach at both the college and pro levels should prove invaluable.”
