Jason Capel

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Pittsburgh Panthers (Head coach: Jeff Capel III)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coached: Appalachian State Mountaineers
Appalachian State record: 53-70 (.431)
Overall record: 53-70 (.431)

Jason Maurice Capel
Born January 15, 1980
Hometown: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Alma Mater: University of North Carolina (BA, 2002)
The son of long-time collegiate coach Jeff Capel II and the younger brother of college coach Jeff Capel III
Grew up in North Carolina during his father’s coaching career but attended high school in Virginia while Jeff II was coaching at Old Dominion; Jason played at Indian River HS and was Virginia Mr. Basketball in 1996
Played collegiately at North Carolina for head coaches Bill Guthridge and Matt Doherty; was twice All-ACC Third Team
- Helped lead the Tar Heels to three NCAA Tournaments, including a trip to the Final Four in 2000
Spent two seasons (2002-04) in the D-League playing for his father with the Fayetteville Patriots
- Also played overseas in Japan (2004-05), Italy (2005-06) and Serbia (2007)
Joined the coaching staff of fellow Tar Heel Buzz Peterson at Appalachian State in 2009
- Just one year later was elevated to head coach following Peterson‘s departure to Tulsa
- Went 16-15 (10-8) in his first year but finished below .500 in the next three seasons and failed to reach the postseason; fired in 2014 after the Mountaineers went just 9-21 (5-11)
Rejoined the coaching ranks in 2018 when he was hired to be an assistant at Pittsburgh by his brother, Jeff