Gintaras Kadà ¾iulis (born 29 March 1980) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. His playing position was combo guard.
Born in PanevÃÂà ¾ys, Kadà ¾iulis started his professional basketball career at the age of 16, when he signed with Kalnapilis PanevÃÂà ¾ys. After three seasons, he moved to Lietuvos rytas Vilnius. In 2002, Kadà ¾iulis was an entrant in the NBA draft, but went undrafted. Continuing his career in Europe, Kadà ¾iulis played for various Russian and Polish teams. He came back to Lithuania in 2008, signing with à  iauliai, but following the season, he again moved abroad. In 2011, he returned to Lithuania and signed with Prienai.
Right after declaring his retirement in 2014, he announced he was coming home to PanevÃÂà ¾ys and became an assistant coach under Mindaugas Budzinauskas of Lietkabelis PanevÃÂà ¾ys. After Budzinauskas left the team just a few months into the 2014âÂÂ15 season, he was given the role of head coach. In his debut as head coach, Lietkabelis defeated BC Valmiera in the Baltic Basketball League 96âÂÂ85. He was replaced as head coach in December 2015 by Kazys Maksvytis, though he remained with the team as an assistant coach. As assistant, he helped coach Maksvytis and Lietkabelis to reach the LKL finals in 2017. He stayed as assistant coach for Artà «rs à  tÃÂlbergs for the 2017-2018 season, and when coach à  tÃÂlbergs got fired, for Vitaliy Cherniy and Ramà «nas Butautas. After a 4th place finish, a disappointment for Lietkabelis, Kadà ¾iulis was named head coach for the 2018-2019 season. After a poor start in the season, Kadà ¾iulis was fired.