Jurica Žuža

Jurica Žuža is a Croatian basketball coach and former professional player, born on 4 April 1978 near Zadar. After a 20-year career as a center, he moved into coaching as an assistant at Lietkabelis Panevėžys — the same club where he had finished playing. In 2016–17 Lietkabelis finished as runners-up in the Lithuanian League, the club’s best result at that time.

The next season he joined Neptūnas Klaipėda as an assistant, helping the team to third place in 2017–18. In 2020 he served as head coach of Neptūnas. He later worked as an assistant at Basketball Nymburk (2021–22), Lokomotiv Kuban (2022–25), and Zenit Saint Petersburg (2025–26).

In August 2026 he joined FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague as an assistant coach on Aleksander Sekulić’s staff.