Luis Casimiro Palomo Cárdenas, more known as simply Luis Casimiro, is a Spanish professional basketball coach, who is currently a coach for Río Breogán of the Liga ACB.
 Casimiro with Estudiantes in 2008 | |
| Río Breogán | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Liga ACB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 21, 1960 Villamayor de Calatrava, Spain |
| 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 | Promitheas Patras |
| 2021–2023 | Real Betis |
| 2024–present | Breogán |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early years
editBorn in Villamayor de Calatrava, province of Ciudad Real, Casimiro had a very short career as a basketball player.
Coaching career
editCasimiro 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]
On November 22, 2021, he has signed a two-year contract with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB.[6] At the end of the 2022–2023 season, as Real Betis Baloncesto was relegated to LEB Oro after ending the season in 17th position, it was announced that his contract would not be renewed. [7]
On December 4, 2024, he was announced as the new head coach of Río Breogán, also an ACB team, after previous coach Veljko Mršić was fired. [8]
Honours
edit- 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
edit- ^ "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. Archived from the original on September 26, 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.
- ^ "Coosur Real Betis signs Luis Casimiro". Sportando. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Luis Casimiro no seguirá en el Betis" (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Ciudad Real. June 30, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ Fouz, Nacho (December 4, 2024). "Luis Casimiro, nuevo entrenador del Río Breogán" (in Spanish). El Progreso. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
External links
edit- Luis Casimiro at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Luis Casimiro at euroleague.net