As head coach: Vasily Nikolayevich Karasev (Russian: Василий Николаевич Карасев; born April 14, 1971) is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach.

For several years, Karasev was the starting point guard of the Russian League club CSKA Moscow, in the EuroLeague.

Karasev was the starting point guard of the senior men's Russian national basketball team, between 1993 and 2003.

He became the head coach of Triumph Lyubertsy (later renamed to Zenit St. Petersburg), in 2012.

Sergey has been a senior Russian national basketball team player, and has played with the pro clubs Triumph Lyubertsy, Canton Charge, Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn Nets (NBA), and Zenit Saint Petersburg.