As head coach Petar Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Поповић; born 13 July 1959) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player.

[1] Popović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team, alongside Krešimir Ćosić, Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić, that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1981 held in Czechoslovakia.

[2] Also, he won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors in Italy where he averaged 10 points per game.

[3] Popović was selected as the head coach for Zadar twice; the first time briefly in 2001, and later from the end of the 2005–06 season till March 2007.

His nephews are both former professional basketballers, Alan Gregov,[6] who won the silver medal with the Croatia national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a bronze medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal at EuroBasket 1993, and Arijan Komazec.