Jason Capel
| Jason Capel | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Team | Appalachian State |
| Conference | Southern |
| Record | 44-49 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 15, 1980 Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2002 | North Carolina |
| Position(s) | Small forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2010 2010–present |
Appalachian State (Asst.) Appalachian State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 44-49 |
Jason Maurice Capel (born January 15, 1980 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is the 15th and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team.[1][2] He is a former basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and is the brother of Jeff Capel, former Duke University basketball player and current Duke University assistant coach.[3] Capel provided color commentary for ACC basketball games on Raycom Sports during the 2007–2008 college basketball season. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He is married to his college sweetheart Ashley Heath, also an alumnus of UNC.
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Playing career [edit]
At a height of 6 feet and 8 inches and a weight of 220 pounds, Capel played the small forward position. Capel is only one of nine players to ever start for UNC's basketball team in all four years of his eligibility. He led the Tar Heels in scoring in his senior year with 15.6 points per game. He also played in the NCAA Final Four in 2000.
Capel went undrafted in the National Basketball Association's NBA Draft in 2002. Though he briefly made the Charlotte Bobcats' roster, he never played in an NBA game. He then turned down more lucrative offers in Europe to play basketball in the NBA D-League for the Fayetteville Patriots, a team coached by his father Jeff Capel II. After two years in the D-League (2002–04) he played professionally in Japan for the Aisin Seahorses (2004–05).
He played for BT Roseto of the Italian Serie A league in 2005–2006, and from July to December 2006 he played with Air Avellino in the same league. Capel wrapped up his professional career in Serbia playing for KK Crvena zvezda of the Naša Sinalko Liga in 2007.
Coaching career [edit]
Capel joined the staff of Buzz Peterson at Appalachian in 2009 as an assistant coach.[4] Following the departure of Buzz Peterson for the head coach job at UNCW, on April 19, 2010 rumors surfaced that Capel had been offered the top spot on the Appalachian basketball coaching staff.[5] On April 21 it was confirmed in a press conference that Capel was the new head coach of the Mountaineers, the 15th in program history.[6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Appalachian State Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Appalachian State | 16-15 | 10-8 | 3rd (North) | 1-1 | ||||
| 2011–2012 | Appalachian State | 13-18 | 7-11 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2012–2013 | Appalachian State | 15–16 | 10–8 | T-2nd (North) | |||||
| Appalachian State: | 44-49 | 27-27 | |||||||
| Total: | 44-49 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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References [edit]
- ^ Tommy Bowman (2010-04-19). "ASU hires coach". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2010-04-19.[dead link]
- ^ Appalachian Sports Information (2010-04-21). "Capel Named ASU Men’s Basketball Head Coach". GoASU. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "Krzyzewski Announces Staff Changes". Duke Sports Information. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Appalachian Sports Information (2009-06-23). "Peterson Completes Men's Basketball Staff". GoASU. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ Tommy Bowman (2010-04-20). "ASU expected to hire Jason Capel". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2010-04-20.[dead link]
- ^ Associated Press (2010-04-21). "Capel becomes Appalachian State coach". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball coaches
- Basketball players at the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- Fayetteville Patriots players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Small forwards
