Jeff Capel III
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Pittsburgh |
Conference | ACC |
Record | 97–92 (.513) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. | February 12, 1975
Playing career | |
1993–1997 | Duke |
1997–1998 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
1999 | Élan Chalon |
1999–2000 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
Position(s) | Old Dominion (assistant) |
2001–2002 | VCU (assistant) |
2002–2006 | VCU |
2006–2011 | Oklahoma |
2011–2018 | Duke (asst./assoc. HC) |
2018–present | Pittsburgh |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 259–202 (.562) |
Tournaments | 6–4 ( CAA regular season (2004) |
Awards | |
CBA All-Rookie Team (1998) Third-team All-ACC (1996) North Carolina Mr. Basketball (1993) ACC Coach of the Year (2023) | |
Felton Jeffrey Capel III (born February 12, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh. He played for Duke University and was a head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Oklahoma.
Youth
Capel is from a basketball family. His father was the late basketball coach
College career
While at Duke University (1993–1997), he earned a starting position as a freshman and was a starting
Capel's college career was marked with success. During his years as a Blue Devil, he racked up 1,601 points, 433 assists, and 220 three-point field goals. He finished his career among Duke's all-time Top 10 in minutes played, three-point field goal percentages, three-point field goals, and assists.[1]
Professional career
Following his graduation from Duke, Capel played professional basketball for the Grand Rapids Hoops of the
Coaching career
Virginia Commonwealth University
Capel began his coaching career serving as an assistant coach under his father, Jeff Capel II, at
In 2005, Capel was named an assistant coach in the USA Men's World University Games Team, joining then Manhattan head coach
, in August.University of Oklahoma
On April 11, 2006, Capel was named the head coach of the Oklahoma men's basketball team, succeeding Kelvin Sampson. Though the Sooner Nation as a whole greeted Capel's hiring with optimism, one notable downside of the coaching change emerged—Sampson's departure caused three players who had signed with OU (once considered a top 5 recruiting class) to rethink their decisions to attend OU. Scottie Reynolds went on to Villanova, where he led his team to the NCAA tournament and Damion James was a key part to a Texas team which was defeated by Southern California in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
2006–07
In his first year as head coach, the Sooners finished 16–15. After going 9–4 in non-conference games, with losses to
2007–08
In his second year, after signing McDonald's All-American Forward Blake Griffin, the Sooners showed vast signs of improvement and finished 21–10 during the regular season (9–7 in Big 12 play) earning them a #4 seed in the Big 12 tournament, where they won one game before losing to Texas in the semi-finals. They received a #6 seed in the NCAA tournament, where they defeated St. Joseph's in the first round before losing to #3 seed Louisville in the second round.
2008–09
Player of the Year Candidate Blake Griffin announced he would be returning for his sophomore season, forgoing a possible lottery-pick status in the
The team experienced one of the best starts in school history at 25–1, until Blake Griffin was sidelined with a concussion during the first half of the OU-Texas game on February 21. The Sooners went on to lose consecutive games for the first time all season, losing to
After a first-round bye in the Big 12 tournament, the #2 seeded Sooners lost to the #7 seeded Cowboys by 1 point during the final seconds of the game.
Capel's Sooners were granted a #2 seed for the NCAA Tournament, and easily beat #15 seed
However, after hitting nine 3-pointers during the previous game with Syracuse, the Sooner guards went 0–15 from beyond the arc during the first 35 minutes of their Elite 8 game against
2009–10
Entering his fourth year, Capel's record at OU was 69–33 (0.676) overall, 28–20 (0.583) conference, with 2 NCAA Tournament Appearances, and one Elite Eight appearance. In the Big 12, Capel had yet to win a Conference tournament Title or Regular Season Title. Capel was averaging 21 wins per season (21–12) and 8 conference wins per season (8–8), almost on track with his predecessors Tubbs & Sampson.
With the return of McDonald's All-American and projected NBA Lottery Pick Willie Warren, and the addition of two more McDonald's All-American recruits in Tommie Mason-Griffin & Tiny Gallon, the Sooners were ranked #13 in the pre-season AP Poll and picked to finish 3rd in the Big 12 Conference. Unfortunately, injuries and off-court issues plagued the Sooners and the team failed to live up to expectations. Capel led Oklahoma to a 13–18 record in the 2009–10 season (all 13 wins were later vacated due to use of an ineligible player[5]), the first losing season at Oklahoma since 1981. The Sooners ended the season with nine straight losses, the longest losing streak at Oklahoma in 41 years.
2010–11
In April 2010, Oklahoma announced the resignation of Capel's assistant Oronde Taliaferro without specifying the reason.[6] There was speculation that it might be related to media reports that Tiny Gallon had received an impermissible extra benefit from Merrill Lynch employee and this was confirmed when subsequently released phone records tied him and Taliaferro and the NCAA confirmed it was investigating.[7]
Five underclassmen left the program in the offseason and Capel was forced to play mostly unheralded leftovers and newcomers. Oklahoma went 14–18, attendance dropped significantly, and Capel was fired in March 2011 after two of the worst back-to-back losing seasons in Oklahoma basketball history.[8] While enjoying a 30-win season and an Elite 8 appearance, Capel's tenure at Oklahoma is generally regarded by Sooner fans as a disappointment. In August 2011, Oklahoma admitted that Taliaferro had committed 2 NCAA violations in the Gallon case; Capel was not implicated in the violations.[9]
Duke University
On May 8, 2011, it was announced that Jeff Capel would be joining the staff of Mike Krzyzewski at his alma mater, Duke University, as an assistant coach. In April 2014, Capel was promoted by Krzyzewski to associate head coach.[10]
On February 2, 2016, Jeff Capel stepped in as head coach for Duke University for one game versus Georgia Tech, due to an illness to Mike Kryzewski, and guided Duke to an 80–71 victory.[11] In January 2017, Capel served as Duke's Acting Head Coach, filling in for Krzyzewski who underwent back surgery.[12]
University of Pittsburgh
On March 27, 2018, the University of Pittsburgh announced the hiring of Capel to be the 16th head coach of their men's basketball program.[13] Capel replaced former head coach Kevin Stallings, who led the Panthers to an 0–18 Atlantic Coast Conference record in 2017–18.[14]
On March 6, 2023, Jeff Capel won the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball Coach of the Year award after leading Pitt to a 21–10 record with 14 conference wins. [15]
Broadcasting
During the
Personal life
Capel is married to Duke alumna Kanika Réale Blue, daughter of
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Colonial Athletic Association ) (2002–2006)
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2002–03 | VCU | 18–10 | 12–6 | T–2nd | |||||
2003–04 | VCU | 23–8 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2004–05 | VCU | 19–13 | 13–5 | T–2nd | NIT Opening Round | ||||
2005–06 | VCU | 19–10 | 11–7 | 5th | |||||
VCU: | 79–41 (.658) | 50–22 (.694) | |||||||
Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2011) | |||||||||
2006–07 | Oklahoma | 16–15 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
2007–08 | Oklahoma | 23–12 | 9–7 | T–4th | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2008–09 | Oklahoma | 30–6 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
2009–10 | Oklahoma | 13–18* | 4–12* | T–11th | |||||
2010–11 | Oklahoma | 14–18 | 5–11 | 8th | |||||
Oklahoma: | 83–69 (.546)* | 33–43 (.434)* | |||||||
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–present) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Pittsburgh | 14–19 | 3–15 | T–14th | |||||
2019–20 | Pittsburgh | 16–17 | 6–14 | T–13th | |||||
2020–21 | Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 6–10 | 12th | |||||
2021–22 | Pittsburgh | 11–21 | 6–14 | T–11th | |||||
2022–23 | Pittsburgh | 24–12 | 14–6 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2023–24 | Pittsburgh | 22–11 | 12–8 | 4th | |||||
Pittsburgh: | 97–92 (.513) | 47–67 (.412) | |||||||
Total: | 259–202 (.562)* | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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*Oklahoma vacated 13 regular season wins (and 4 conference wins) due to use of an ineligible player during the 2009–10 season.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Jeff Capel". SoonerSports.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2007.
- ^ a b "Jeff Capel minor league basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ^ "Jeff Capel minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ "Jeff CAPEL". Elan Chalon (in French). Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "Forfeits and Vacated Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "Oklahoma hoop assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro resigns". April 8, 2010.
- ^ Trotter, Jake; Emig, Guerin (May 20, 2010). "Records connect ex-OU basketball assistant Oronde Taliaferro with financial adviser". NewsOk.com. Norman, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Oklahoma fires Capel in 'change of direction'". March 14, 2011.
- ^ "Sooners admit major violations, seek probation". July 28, 2011.
- ^ Duke Sports Information (April 18, 2014). "Krzyzewski Announces Staff Changes". GoDuke.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ Krzyzewski to have back surgery expected to miss four weeks CBSSports.com, January 2, 2017
- ^ "College basketball coaching carousel: Pitt hires Jeff Capel away from Duke; Louisville zeroing in on Chris Mack".
- ^ "Reaction: Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel heading to Pittsburgh".
- ^ "Pitt HC Jeff Capel Wins ACC Coach of the Year".
- ^ "Pitt's Jeff Capel to Join CBS Broadcast of NCAA Tournament". pittsburghsportsnow.com. Pittsburgh Sports Now. March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ "Pitt coach Jeff Capel to serve as NCAA tournament analyst for CBS and Turner". cardiachill.com. Vox Media Inc. March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
External links
- Pittsburgh profile
- Duke coach profile Archived March 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- Duke player profile