Dwane Lyndon Casey was born on April 17,1957 and is an American basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons before transitioning to a front office position with the team.
21 Facts About Dwane Casey
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Dwane Casey is a former NCAA basketball player and coach, having played and coached there for over a decade before moving on to the NBA.
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Dwane Casey was previously the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Toronto Raptors, with whom he won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in 2018.
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Dwane Lyndon Casey was born on April 17,1957, in Indianapolis.
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Dwane Casey made the decision to commit to the University of Kentucky.
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Dwane Casey served as team captain during his senior year.
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Dwane Casey graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in business administration in 1979, receiving Kentucky's All-Academic Award that same year.
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Dwane Casey's coaching experience went back to his first coaching job at the age of 13 when Morganfield Baseball Commissioner Earl McKendree allowed the young Dwane Casey to coach a Little League team with kids just three years younger than him.
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Dwane Casey began his college coaching career in 1979 due to a suggestion made by his coach Joe B Hall.
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Dwane Casey spent a season with Hall as an assistant coach at Kentucky.
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The next season, Dwane Casey made the move to Western Kentucky, where he spent the next five seasons.
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Dwane Casey later returned to Kentucky in 1985 where he would take the role of an assistant coach and top recruiter.
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The University of Kentucky said that the evidence collected during the investigation was inconclusive, and did not prove that Dwane Casey sent the money.
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The NCAA later rescinded the penalty after it was shown that Dwane Casey wasn't involved in sending the package.
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Dwane Casey settled outside of court in a defamation suit against Emery Worldwide.
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Dwane Casey left the Japanese Basketball League in 1994 after receiving an assistant coaching position for the Seattle SuperSonics.
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On January 28,2018, Dwane Casey became the first coach in Raptors history to be selected for the NBA All-Star Game.
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Dwane Casey's Raptors set franchise records for wins and points in the regular season as they finished first in the Eastern Conference.
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Dwane Casey's conservative coaching structure and system was credited with developing the Raptors' younger players, however it did not fare well in the playoffs against the Tyronn Lue-coached Cavaliers who were flexible rather than being consistent.
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Dwane Casey was named the NBA Coach of the Year at the 2018 NBA Awards.
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On June 11,2018, Dwane Casey was named the head coach for the Detroit Pistons, agreeing to a five-year deal.