“I knew I was going to have to work my way back to coaching in the States, and I had a job offer here before I went to Japan, but I thought it was the right thing to get away. I had some friends over there.”

American retired basketball coach and former NCAA player, born 1957

Dwane Lyndon Casey is an American retired basketball coach and former NCAA player and coach. He was born in 1957 and is known for his long career in college and professional basketball, including head coaching stops in the NBA. Casey coached in the NCAA for more than a decade before moving to the NBA. He later led the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Toronto Raptors, and most recently the Detroit Pistons, where he shifted into a front office role. His work with Toronto earned him the NBA Coach of the Year Award in 2018.