Personal Life
Jack's younger brother, Matt Cassel, is an American football player with the Kansas City Chiefs, and his other younger brother, Justin Cassel, is a minor league baseball player in the farm system of the Chicago White Sox. In a strange coincidence on September 7, 2008, Jack replaced injured teammate Wandy Rodriguez in the first inning at Colorado only hours after his brother Matt replaced injured teammate Tom Brady in the first quarter of the season-opening game vs Kansas City. Cassel's wife, Julie Mariani Cassel, is also a former athlete. She was a Captain and Defensive Specialist on the 2002 NCAA Championship USC Women's Volleyball team.
In 1999, Cassel's brother, Justin Cassel, was on the HBO reality television show Freshman Year.
In 2007, Cassel's mother, Barbara Brennan Cassel, won an Television Emmy Award for her work as a Set Decorator on Tony Bennett: An American Classic.
In 2008, Cassel’s father, Gregory Cassel, died suddenly at his home in California. He was an actor and screenplay writer.
Cassel’s grandfather, Joe B Cassel, was inducted into the Racing Tent Hall of Fame for the IAHA in 1996 and was inducted into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2002. He was the recipient of the Arabian Lifetime Breeders Award in 2001.
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