Vytautas Kulakauskas (August 25, 1920, in Kuršėnai – December 22, 2000, in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian basketball player, coach, and educator, who competed for the Soviet Union in the EuroBasket 1947 and won a gold medal.

In 1961–1980 became Vilnius Gediminas Technical University teacher, from 1964 Head of the Department of Physical Education.

He also published the book Krepšininko treniruote (English: The basketball player workout), where he included many epitomes regarding the training.

[2] In a 1990s interview, Kulakauskas described the Soviet squad by telling: "It could be said that there were the physical preparations and shootings, however all the tactics and the game-play was given to them by us.

I remember by preparing for the Olympics in February, in Moscow, we were working on tactics for a month.