Eddie Casiano

{{short description|Puerto Rican basketball player and coach}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Eddie Casiano

| image = Eddie Casiano.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Casiano in 2017

| team = Atléticos de San Germán

| league = BSN

| position = Head coach

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 200

| career_position = Point guard

| career_number = 5

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|9|20}}

| birth_place = Manhattan, New York

| nationality = Puerto Rican / American

| high_school = Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Indiana)

| college =

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 2008

| years1 = 1988–2000

| team1 = Atléticos de San Germán

| years2 = 2001–2006

| team2 = Leones de Ponce

| years3= 2007–2008

| team3 = Indios de Mayagüez

| coach_start = 2009

| coach_end =

| cyears1= 2009–2015

| cteam1= Indios de Mayagüez

| cyears2 = 2011–2015

| cteam2 = Halcones Rojos Veracruz

| cyears3 = 2016

| cteam3 = Cangrejeros de Santurce

| cyears4 = 2016–2018

| cteam4 = Santeros de Aguada

| cyears5 = 2016–2021

| cteam5 = Puerto Rico

| cyears6 = 2018–2021

| cteam6 = Piratas de Quebradillas

| cyears7 = 2021–present

| cteam7 = Atléticos de San Germán

| highlights =

As player:

• 5× BSN Champion (1991, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004)
• BSN Most Valuable Player (1997)
• 2× BSN scoring champion (1996, 1997)

As coach:

• BSN champion (2012)
• 2× BSN Coach of the Year (2009, 2012)
• 2× LNBP champion (2012, 2014)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry| {{bk|PUR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA AmeriCup}}

{{MedalBronze|2003 San Juan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Centrobasket}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Culiacán|}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Santo Domingo|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Saint Petersburg|}}

{{MedalSport|Head coach for {{bk|PUR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Centrobasket}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Panama|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Barranquilla|}}

}}

Eddie Casiano Ojeda (born September 20, 1972) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player and is currently the head coach for Atléticos de San Germán. He also was the head coach of the Puerto Rican national team.

He was born in Manhattan, New York, but raised in Puerto Rico. Casiano played for the Atléticos de San Germán, Leones de Ponce, and Indios de Mayagüez in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional in a career spanning from 1988 to 2008. Casiano was also a member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team, he played minimally in 1992 against the dream team and was also a part of the 2004 team that defeated the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/seniormen/2004/04_moly1_box.html |title=Puerto Rico 92, USA 73 |publisher=Usabasketball.com |access-date=December 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101085351/http://www.usabasketball.com/seniormen/2004/04_moly1_box.html |archive-date=November 1, 2011 }}

Casiano was an integral part of the San Germán team that won three championships during the 1990s. After being traded to Ponce, Casiano won two more championships with them. After retiring from basketball, Casiano became head coach of the Indios de Mayagüez in 2009. In 2012, he led his team to its first championship in history.{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/casianoyquinoneseternosnenes-1527619.html|title=Casiano y Quiñones: eternos nenes|work=El Nuevo Día|author=Rosa, Carlos|date=June 9, 2013}}

From 2016 to 2021, Casiano was the head coach of the Puerto Rico national basketball team.{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/baloncesto/nota/increduloauneddiecasiano-2183800/|title=Incrédulo aún Eddie Casiano|newspaper=El Nuevo Día|last=Rosa|first=Carlos|date=April 7, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.pr/metrosport/eddie-casiano-dirigente-de-puerto-rico/pGXpde!C06jbvA9n9XoI/|title=Eddie Casiano, dirigente de Puerto Rico|publisher=Metro.pr|last=Fuentes|first=Christian|date=April 5, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2016}}