Velimir Kljaić (10 February 1946 – 12 August 2010) was a Croatian handball player and coach.

In Germany he was the Coach of the Year in 1992, in which he won German championship and the Cup with SG Wallau-Massenheim.

[1] As head coach of Croatia men's team he won the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[1] Kljaić was born in the village of Danilo Gornje, administrative part of Šibenik.

He was the father of the former handballer Nenad Kljaić who was a part of Croatia's squad in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.