Personal
Cassel married his longtime girlfriend Lauren Killian, (born July 31, 1981) a former USC volleyball player, in February 2007; Carson Palmer was his best man.
Cassel has three siblings, older brother Jack (who is married to Killian's USC roommate and teammate, Julie Mariani), younger brother Justin, and younger sister Amanda. Jack pitched for the Houston Astros in 2008, and signed in January 2009 with the Cleveland Indians. Justin is a pitcher for the Charlotte Knights, a AAA baseball affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
Cassel is the son of Emmy-winning set designer Barbara Cassel and her husband Greg Cassel; they divorced when Cassel was 14. Cassel's father died on December 8, 2008.
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