Nikolajs Mazurs

Nikolajs Mazurs
Valmiera Glass ViA
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	13 October 1980 (age 44); Bauska, Latvian SSR, USSR
Nationality	Latvian
Coaching career	2007–present
Career history
As coach:
2007–2014	VEF Rīga (assistant)
2014–2015	VEF Rīga
2015	Dynamo Moscow
2016	VITA Tbilisi
2016	Avtodor
2017	BC UNICS (assistant)
2017–2019	Parma Basket
2019–2021	BK Ogre
2021–2023	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
2023	BC Siauliai
2024–present	Valmiera Glass VIA
Career highlights and awards
	LBL champion (2015);

Nikolajs Mazurs (born 13 October 1980) is a Latvian professional basketball coach.

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From 2007 till 2014 Mazurs was assistant coach for VEF Rīga but at the 2014–2015 season was promoted to head coach.^[1] After the season which ended with winning Latvian league gold medal, Mazurs signed for Dynamo Moscow but the team didn't manage to solve financial problems and didn't play, so Mazurs left even before the season started. At the age of 35, he became the head coach of Georgian team B.C. VITA Tbilisi in VTB United League. In May, 2016, Mazurs signed with BC Avtodor but was fired after the first game of the season.^[2]

In 2017, he became assistant coach for BC UNICS.^[3] Later that year Mazurs signed to become the head coach of BC Parma.^[4] After a year and a half he was fired.^[5]

In August, 2019, Mazurs became the head coach of BK Ogre^[6] After unsuccessful start of the season, he was fired in 2021.^[7] Few weeks later he signed with Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits.^[8]

In the summer of 2023 Mazurs signed a three-year contract with BC Siauliai.^[9] Few months later he was fired.^[10]

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Mazurs has been head coach for Latvian U16, U18 and U20 teams in European Championships and head coach for Latvian U19 national team at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.^[11]