Don Casey

Lawrence Donald Casey (born June 17, 1937)^[1] is an American former professional and collegiate basketball coach. He has coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams, the Los Angeles Clippers and the New Jersey Nets—each for a season and a half. He had previously coached the Temple Owls from 1973 to 1982. He also worked as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls (1982–83) and Boston Celtics (1990–1996).^[2][3]

Don Casey

Personal information
Born	(1937-06-17) June 17, 1937 (age 87) Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Career information
High school	Camden Catholic High School (Camden, New Jersey)
College	Temple University
Coaching career	1973–2000
Career history
As a coach:
1973–1982	Temple
1982–1983	Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1983–1984	San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers (assistant)
1984–1985	Scavolini Pesaro
1985–1989	Los Angeles Clippers (assistant)
1989–1990	Los Angeles Clippers
1990–1996	Boston Celtics (assistant)
1996–1999	New Jersey Nets (assistant)
1999–2000	New Jersey Nets

Casey grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey and attended Camden Catholic High School.^[4] As a young man in the 1960s, Casey coached at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, where he was recommended for a job as a JV coach by a friend and took over the varsity squad after the coach left the job. His coaching led to two state championships. Casey coached Bill Melchionni, a high school and college great who eventually played in the pros in the late 1960s with the ABA New York Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.^[5]

In his first season as Temple head coach, Don Casey had his team stall with the basketball in the finals of the Volunteer Classic against Tennessee. The final score of the game was Tennessee 11, Temple 6, the lowest scoring major college basketball game since 1938.^[6]

Casey was the head coach of Scavolini Pesaro of Italy's Lega Basket Serie A during the 1984–85 season.^[7]

Casey was promoted from assistant to head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers on January 19, 1989, succeeding Gene Shue after a 10–28 start to the 1988–89 season and in the midst of an eleven-game losing streak.^[8]

As of February 2006^[update], Casey is the vice-chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and As of October 24, 2006^[update], Casey is the head coach of the Hollywood Fame of the American Basketball Association's 21st century incarnation.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Temple Owls (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1973–1974)
1973–74	Temple	16–9	4–2	3rd (East)
Temple:		16–9 (.640)	4–2 (.667)
Temple Owls (East Coast Conference) (1974–1982)
1974–75	Temple	7–19	4–2	3rd (East)
1975–76	Temple	9–18	3–2	T–2nd (East)
1976–77	Temple	17–11	4–1	T–1st (East)
1977–78	Temple	24–5	4–1	2nd (East)	NIT First Round
1978–79	Temple	25–4	13–0	1st (East)	NCAA Division I First Round
1979–80	Temple	14–12	8–3	2nd (East)
1980–81	Temple	20–8	9–2	T–2nd (East)	NIT Second Round
1981–82	Temple	19–8	11–0	T–1st (East)	NIT First Round
Temple:		135–85 (.614)	56–11 (.836)
Total:		151–94 (.616)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

NBA

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
L.A. Clippers	1988–89	44	11	33	.250	7th in Pacific	—	—	—	—	—
L.A. Clippers	1989–90	82	30	52	.366	6th in Pacific	—	—	—	—	—
New Jersey	1998–99	30	13	17	.433	7th in Atlantic	—	—	—	—	—
New Jersey	1999–2000	82	31	51	.378	6th in Atlantic	—	—	—	—	—
Career		238	85	153	.357		—	—	—	—