Paulius Juodis

Paulius Juodis (born August 24, 1978 in Utena, Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a Lithuanian basketball coach. He is the head coach of BC Jonava in the LIthuanian Basketball League (LKL).

Paulius Juodis

BC Jonava
Position	Head coach
League	LKL
Personal information
Born	(1978-08-24) August 24, 1978 (age 46) Utena, Lithuania SSR
Nationality	Lithuanian
Coaching career	2005–present
Career history
As a coach:
2005–2007	Lietkabelis Panevėžys (assistant)
2007–2009	Neptūnas Klaipėda (assistant)
2009–2010	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2010–2011	Neptūnas Klaipėda (assistant)
2011–2012	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2012–2014	BC Budivelnyk (assistant)
2015–2016	Ohud Medina
2016–2017	BC Nevėžis
2017–2018	BC Nevėžis (assistant)
2018–2019	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2021	Wilki Morskie Szczecin (assistant)
2021–2023	BC Gargždai
2023–2025	Fujian Sturgeons (assistant)
2025–present	BC Jonava
Career highlights
As a coach: 2× Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague champion (2013,2014) Ukrainian Basketball Cup winner (2014) Chinese Basketball Association champion (2019) NKL champion (2022)

Career

Juodis joined Lietkabelis Panevėžys in January 2005 as assistant coach, in November he was appointed as head coach. The next season he returned to the role of assistant coach.^[1]

In 2007 he signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda where he coached until 2012. Juodis held the assistant coach position in the 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2010–2011 seasons and the head coach position in the 2009–2010, 2011–2012 seasons.^[2]

Juodis left the LKL for the first time in 2012 when he became the assistant coach of BC Budivelnyk in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, where he stayed until the end of the 2013–2014 season.^[3] Both seasons he coached there, BC Budivelyk were champions of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.^[4]

In October, 2014, it was announced that Juodis would be the new sports director of Rapla KK.^[5]

For the 2015–2016 season Juodis signed with Ohud Medina of the Saudi Basketball League.^[6]

Juodis came back to the LKL in 2016 when he signed with BC Nevėžis and became their head coach.^[7] In July, 2017, it was announced that for the upcoming season Juodis would be the assistant coach for the club.^[8]

He spent a season in the coaching staff of Guangdong Southern Tigers, which competes in the Chinese Basketball Association.^[9] The club won the league for the 9th time that season.^[10]

In July 2021, Juodis signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polska Liga Koszykówki.^[11]

Juodis became the head coach of BC Gargždai midway through the 2021–2022 season^[12] and led the team to their first NKL title.^[13] Gargždai got promoted to the LKL for the next season. Juodis parted ways with the club midway through the 2022–23 season.^[14]

In his next coaching job he came back to the Chinese Basketball Association, this time becoming the assistant coach of Fujian Sturgeons in October 2023. Juodis was with the Fujian Sturgeons for 2 seasons.^[15]

On July 29, 2025, Juodis signed with BC Jonava of the LKL.^[16]