Fayetteville's Jeff Capel, Jr Is Excited about his Pitt Panthers in 2025-26

NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS NETWORK · Oct 7, 2025 · 15m

Jeff Capel enters his eighth season at the University of Pittsburgh after being announced as the 16th men’s basketball head coach in program history March 28, 2018. Capel owns a 276-217 record as a head coach at Pitt (2018-present), Oklahoma (2006-11), and VCU (2002-06) with four NCAA Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight trip with Oklahoma in 2008.

He has been instrumental in the development of 19 first-round picks in the NBA Draft during his coaching tenure, including 11 lottery picks. Capel has also recruited 23 McDonald’s All-America selections and helped build six top-10…