Vladimir Anzulović

Vladimir Anzulović (born 6 February 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player currently serving as a consultant and assistant coach for BC Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association - CBA.

Vladimir Anzulović

Dinamo
Position	Head coach
League	Croatian League
Personal information
Born	(1978-02-06) 6 February 1978 (age 47) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2010
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	2011–present
Career history
As a player:
1996–1997	Kantrida Rijeka
1997–1999	Zrinjevac
1999–2000	Zagreb
2000–2002	Krka
2002	Anwil Włocławek
2002–2003	Krka
2003	MOL Szolnoki
2003–2004	Dubrava
2004–2005	Krka
2005	Debreceni
2005	Iraklis
2006–2007	Zadar
2007–2008	Kvarner Novi Resort
2008–2009	Verviers-Pepinster
2009	Hopsi Polzela
2009–2010	KK Rudar
As a coach:
2011–2012	Krka (assistant)
2012–2014	Kvarner 2010
2014–2015	Director of youth program KK Krka+ Kolpa Črnomelj
2015–2016	Director of youth program + Krka (assistant)
2016	Krka
2016–2018	Šibenik
Croatia U18 - head coach
2018	Croatia U18 - head coach
2018–2019	Split
2019	Croatia national basketball B TEAM - students team- head coach
2021–2022	Zadar
2022–2023	Tindastóll
2023	Dinamo
2023-2025	BC Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Career highlights
As player Croatian Cup winner (2007) As head coach assistant coach winner (2012) Slovenian Cup -head coach winner (2016) Slovenian Cup -head coach winner (2016) Slovenian Cup -head coach winner (2016) Croatian Basketball Championship - head coach 1st palce regular seaqson (2016) -head coach winner (2017) -head coach 2nd place (2022) CBA - consultant + assist coach 3rd place (2024)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Croatia European U-18 Championship 1996 France

Playing career

Anzulović played pro basketball as a point guard from 1996 to 2010.^{[citation needed]}

For the senior Croatia national team he played total 7 games (2 friendly, 5 officially). Anzulović played five official games at FIBA EuroBasket 2003 qualification, scoring total 22 points.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career

Anzulović firstly worked in Slovenia as an assistant coach to coach Sekulic, together they become national champions in 2012. In June of 2012 he become head coach of BC Kvarner 2010, he spent there 2 years, coaching youngest team in Croatia won 5th and 7th place in national championship. In August of 2014 BC Krka hired him as chief of youth program. Season 2015-2016 he started as an assistant coach of first team, in January he become head coach and succeeds to win Slovenian Cup in the 2016.

In June of 2016, he was hired as the head coach for Šibenik. In his inaugural season at the club, Šibenik won 1st place in the regular part of Croatian Championship, qualifying for Adriatic league, finishing on 2nd place, while in the next season, they won 5th place in Croatian championship with youngest team of the competition.

In the summer of 2017 he was head coach of Croatian National team U-18,won the European Championship, division B.In the summer of 2018 he coached Croatian National team U-18,11th place on European Championship, division A. On 29 May 2018, he was hired as the head coach for Split. In the summer of 2019, he coached the Croatia national team at the Universiade.^[1][2]

On 7 November 2019, Anzulović replaced Simon Petrov as the head coach of the Slovenian team Krka. On 17 March 2021, Krka parted ways with him.^[3]

On 23 October 2021, Zadar hired Anzulović as their new head coach. Team won 2nd place of Croatian Championship and reached the finals.^[4] He left after one season.

In July 2022, Anzulović was hired as the head coach of Úrvalsdeild karla club Tindastóll.^[5] He left the team in January 2023 due to financial problems.^[6]

In March 2023, Anzulović was named head coach of Dinamo of the Croatian Leaguereaching playoffs first time in club's history.^[7]

In May of 2023 he was named as consultant and assistant coach of BC Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association -CBA. Season 2023-2024 they finished in 3rd place with score of 41-11. In the season 2024-2025 club won 9th place with score of 30-16.

Personal life

His older brother Dražen is also a basketball coach.^[8]