Louis Casteels

Head- Coach:

( born in Mechelen – Belgium  -  23 th of July  1951 )

• starts playing basketball at the age of 13 in December 1964                                       ( = Dec 2OO4 = 40 years in basketball)
• YOUTH-coach for 5 years in top-clubs Racing Mechelen                                                     and  Pitzemburg Mechelen winning all

Cups and leagues in youth-series.

• start as HEAD-coach in SENIORS-teams in season 74-75                                                in 4^th national division at age of 23 .

( = all time record )

• HEAD-coach in 2^nd national div. At age of 26 .                                                                   ( 77-78 – Pitzemburg Mechelen )
• HEAD-coach in  1^st national div. At age of 27 . ( 78-79 – Athlon  Ieper )
• 25  ( ! ) years  NON STOP head-coach in  1^st and 2^nd national divisions.
• 21 years in div. 1 ( RC Mechelen – Athlon Ieper – Brussels – Okapi Aalst                             – VG Leuven a.o. )
•  4  years in div. 2 ( 2 X promotion )
• NEVER put out in a team DURING SEASON for NO sportive results.
• Elected  2 X  “ coach of the year “ in the country in season 94-95 and                              season 95-96 .
• 5 X elected in top-3 of coach-of-the-year referendum
• elected nr 2 in coach-of-the-year referendum in season 2002-2003                                       ( after Bavcevic/Pepinster and before Savo Vucevic/Charleroi )
• WINNER of the Belgian-CUP in 1995 . (against Oostende)
• FINALE of the Belgian-CUP in 1998.
• 6 X HALF-finals in the Belgiam-CUP.
• Coached 48 games in European-cup-games.

Speaks perfect Englisch + French + Dutch language.

REFERENCES and details of whole carrier on

                          Phonenumber  00 32 2 2690495 (home)

                                                00 32 476 43 47 55 (mobile)

                          or e-mail:  loucastello@hotmail.com

Adress:  Louis Casteels – Van Akenstraat 60 – 1850 Grimbergen - Belgium