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Eddy Casteels

Eddy Casteels
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Belgium
Position Head coach
Personal information
Born (1960-08-19) August 19, 1960 (age 56)
Nationality Belgian
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 187 lb (85 kg)
Coaching career 1999–present
Career history
As coach:
1999–2000 Antwerp Diamond Giants
2000–2001 Athlon Ieper
2001–2004 Base Oostende
2004–2006 RBC Verviers-Pepinster
2006–2008 Spirou Charleroi
2008–2013 Antwerp Giants
2014–2016 ZZ Leiden
2016-present Belgium NT
Career highlights and awards

Eddy Casteels (born August 19, 1960) is a Belgian former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Belgium national basketball team.

He was named Coach of the Year of the Ethias League three times, in 2000, 2002 2009.

Casteels' first job as head coach was with the newly merged Racing Basket Antwerpen project. He won the Belgian league with his team in 1999-2000. In the 2000–01 season, Casteels coached Ieper. The Belgian club Athlon Ieper closed down after this season due to financial difficulties. Casteels became winner of the Belgian league with BC Oostende in his first year as head coach of the club. He also won the Belgian Cup in 2002 with Oostende. In 2004 he participated in the FIBA Europe League with his team. In 2004, Casteels became the head coach of Verviers-Pepinster. During his period as head coach of RBC Verviers-Pepinster, Casteels coached his team in the FIBA Europe League in 2005. With the club Spirou Charleroi, Casteels coached in the 2007 EuroCup. In 2008, Casteels signed with the Antwerp Giants. Casteels coached the Antwerp Giants for 4 seasons in a row to the EuroChallenge. On May 30, 2014, Casteels signed a 2-year contract with Dutch team Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden.

Casteels qualified the Belgian Lions towards to three consecutive participations of EuroBasket in 2011, 2013 and 2015.


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