Ricard Casas

Ricard Casas

Saudi Arabia
Position	Coach
Personal information
Born	(1962-09-12) September 12, 1962 (age 62) Manresa, Catalonia, Spain
Career history
As a coach:
1988–1990	Bàsquet Manresa (assistant)
1993–1996	Allianz Ras Manresa (assistant)
1996	C.B. Manresa
1998–2000	C.B. Montcada
2001	CB Tarragona
2001–2005	Bàsquet Manresa
2005–2006	Pamesa Valencia
2006–2009	ViveMenorca
2010–2011	Girona FC
2011–2012	Lleida Bàsquet
2013–2014	CB Valladolid
2015–2017	1º de Agosto
2018–2020	FC Barcelona (assistant)
2021–2022	Gezira SC
2023–2024	Bahrain
2024–present	Saudi Arabia
Career highlights
As Head Coach: Angolan League champion (2016) LEB Coach of the Year (2002) As Assistant Coach: 2× Spanish Cup champion (2018–2019) Catalan League champion (2019)
Medals Men's Basketball Head Coach for   Spain Mediterranean Games 1997 Mediterranean Mediterranean Games 1999 Mediterranean

Ricard Casas i Gurt (born 12 September 1962 in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish basketball coach. He currently is the coach of the Saudi Arabian national basketball team. ^[1]

Professional career

Casas has coached several Liga ACB clubs, such as Bàsquet Manresa, Menorca Bàsquet, Valencia Basket or FC Barcelona (as an assistant coach). ^[2] He coached 1º de Agosto of the Angolan Basketball League and won the 2015-16 Angolan Championship. ^[3] In recent years, he has coached the Bahrain national basketball team and the Saudi Arabian national basketball team. ^{[4] [1]}

References

1. "Entrevista con Ricard Casas, seleccionador de Arabia Saudí". esradio.libertaddigital.com (in Spanish). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
2. Martínez Olivar, Xavi (17 March 2018). "Ricard Casas: "Trabajar con Pesic es una gran motivación"". sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
3. "Ricard Casas, campeón y mejor entrenador de la Liga de Angola". solobasket.com (in Spanish). 8 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
4. "Entrevista a Ricard Casas: «Es realmente excepcional que una ciudad transmita lo que Manresa está transmitiendo»". matealaro.com (in Spanish). 4 March 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.

External links

• ACB Profile Archived 2017-02-13 at the Wayback Machine