Gilvydas Biruta enters his second season on the Rhode Island staff in 2024-25. He joined the staff as a graduate assistant in August of 2023.
Biruta was a 1,200-point scorer during his collegiate career with Rutgers and Rhode Island. After spending two seasons at Rutgers and making the AAC All-Rookie Team in 2012, Biruta transferred to URI in 2013 and spent two seasons playing for Dan Hurley.
In 65 career games with the Rams, Biruta averaged 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, netting 607 points in just two years. In his second season, he helped Rhody go 23-10 and advance to the second round of the NIT. While at Rhode Island, Biruta was a two-time Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team honoree.
Following 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).
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.
updated 6/4/2024
