Luis Casimiro
Promitheas Patras | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Greek Basket League |
Personal information | |
Born | Villamayor de Calatrava, Spain | July 21, 1960
Nationality | Spanish |
Coaching career | 1989–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
Puertollano | |
Almodóvar del Campo | |
1990–1992 | Don Benito |
1992–1993 | Breogán (assistant) |
1993–1994 | Gandía |
1994–1995 | Lucentum Alicante |
1995–1996 | Salamanca (assistant) |
1996–1997 | Gijón Baloncesto |
1997–1999 | Manresa |
1999–2000 | Cáceres |
2000–2002 | Valencia |
2002–2003 | Valladolid |
2003 | Lucentum Alicante |
2004–2008 | Fuenlabrada |
2008–2011 | Estudiantes |
2011–2012 | Valladolid |
2012 | Málaga |
2014–2015 | Fuenlabrada |
2015–2016 | Sevilla |
2016–2018 | Gran Canaria |
2018–2021 | Unicaja |
2021–present | Promitheas Patras |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Luis Casimiro Palomo Cárdenas, more known as simply Luis Casimiro, is a Spanish professional basketball coach, who is currently managing Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League.
Early years[]
Born in Villamayor de Calatrava, province of Ciudad Real, Casimiro had a very short career as a basketball player.
Coaching career[]
Casimiro started coaching CB Puertollano, and other Castilian-Manchegan teams, before joining CB Breogán in 1993, as an assistant coach of Ricardo Hevia in the Liga ACB.
In 1993, Casimiro managed Gandía BA, of the Spanish second-tier level, in his first professional experience as a head coach.
Five years later, Casimiro managed TDK Manresa to win the 1997–98 Liga ACB, which is considered to be one of the biggest miracles in the history of Spanish professional club basketball.[1]
After leaving Manresa, Casimiro continued coaching in Spain, in different teams of the Liga ACB and LEB Oro.
In 2002, Casimiro ended up as a runner-up of the Saporta Cup, with Pamesa Valencia. The team was defeated by Montepaschi Siena in the league's final game.
Three years later, he managed Baloncesto Fuenlabrada to achieve a league promotion to the Liga ACB, by winning the 2004–05 LEB. With this title, Casimiro became the first coach to ever win the Liga ACB and the LEB.[2]
On 25 September 2016, Casimiro led Herbalife Gran Canaria to win the 2016 Spanish Supercup title, its first ever national title.[3] In the 2017–18 season, Casimiro reached the ACB semi-finals with Gran Canaria. With this achievement, the team also qualified for the next EuroLeague season, the club's first participation ever. On 13 June 2018, Gran Canaria announced the club and Casimiro separated ways.[4]
On July 8, 2021, he has signed with Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League.[5]
Honours[]
- Bàsquet Manresa
- Liga ACB (1): 1997–98
- Lliga Catalana de Bàsquet (2): 1997, 1998
- CB Gran Canaria
- Supercopa de España (1): 2016
- Valencia BC
- Saporta Cup runner-up: 2001–02
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
- LEB (1): 2004–05
- Copa Príncipe de Asturias (1): 2005
- Individual
References[]
- ^ "El TDK conquista la Liga ACB" (in Spanish). El País. 5 June 1998.
- ^ "Luis Casimiro, la eternidad instantánea" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Herbalife Gran Canaria is the Spanish Supercup champion!". EuroCup Basketball. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Gran Canaria won't continue with Luis Casimiro". Eurohoops.net. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Promitheas announces Luis Casimiro as new coach". Sportando. July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
External links[]
- Luis Casimiro at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Luis Casimiro at euroleague.net
- Living people
- 1960 births
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada coaches
- Baloncesto Málaga coaches
- Sportspeople from Castilla–La Mancha
- CB Estudiantes coaches
- CB Gran Canaria coaches
- Gijón Baloncesto coaches
- Liga ACB head coaches
- People from the Province of Ciudad Real
- Spanish basketball coaches
- Valencia Basket coaches