Current position | |
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Title | Assistant coach |
Team | Pittsburgh |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. | January 15, 1980
Playing career | |
1998–2002 | North Carolina |
Position(s) | Small forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2009–2010 | Appalachian State (assistant) |
2010–2014 | Appalachian State |
2018–present | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 53–70 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
As player:
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Jason Maurice Capel (born January 15, 1980) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at Pittsburgh. He was previously the 15th 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 University of Pittsburgh head coach.[3] Capel provided color commentary for ACC basketball games on Raycom Sports during the 2007–2008 college basketball season. As of January 2018, he was a commentator for Bein Sports. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He is married to his college sweetheart Ashley Heath, also a graduate of UNC.