Jeff Capel II
Jeff Capel II (1953-2017)
Teams coached: Fayetteville State Broncos, North Carolina A&T Aggies, Old Dominion Monarchs, Fayetteville Patriots
Fayetteville State record^: 63-51 (.553)
North Carolina A&T record: 16-14 (.533)
Old Dominion record: 122-98 (.555)
Overall record: 201-163 (.552)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1994, 1995, 1997)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1999)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 2 (1995, 1997)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 2 (1995, 1997)
- MEAC Tournament Champion: 1 (1994)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (1993)
Awards:
- CAA Coach of the Year: 1 (1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-2013 | Philadelphia 76ers (asst) |
| 2004-2011 | Charlotte Bobcats (asst) |
| 2001-2004 | Fayetteville Patriots |
| 1994-2001 | Old Dominion |
| 1993-1994 | North Carolina A&T |
| 1989-1989 | Fayetteville State |
| 1986-1989 | Wake Forest (asst) |
Jeff Capel II Facts
- Felton Jeffery Capel II
- Born January 6, 1953
- Died November 13, 2017
- Hometown: Southern Pines, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: Fayetteville State University (BA, 1977)
- After graduating from Pinecrest HS (NC), Capel attended nearby Fayetteville State and played D-II basketball
- Left school in 1971 and spent the next four years serving in the United States Army
- Returned to Fayetteville to finish his degree and spend more year playing basketball
- Became a volunteer basketball coach at Pinecrest HS in 1978, then became varsity head coach in 1980
- Also coached wrestling, baseball and JV football and served as the school’s assistant principal
- Hired by Bob Staak at Wake Forest in 1986, spending the next three seasons as one of his assistants
- Became the head coach at his other alma mater, D-II Fayetteville State in 1989
- Went 63-51 in four seasons there, improving from 7 wins in his first year to back-to-back 20 win seasons and a D-II NCAA Tournament appearance in 1993
- Left FSU for North Carolina A&T in 1993, going 16-14 and winning the MEAC Tournament for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in his sole season with the Aggies
- Hired as the head coach of Old Dominion in 1994, going 122-98 in seven seasons at the helm
- Won the CAA title in 1995 and 1997 and claimed CAA Tournament crowns the same two seasons
- The 1995 team is remembered for a thrilling 3OT upset of 3-seed Villanova in the NCAA First Round
- In addition to those two NCAA Tournament berths, his Monarchs went to NIT in 1999
- Resigned in 2001 following back-to-back losing seasons
- Won the CAA title in 1995 and 1997 and claimed CAA Tournament crowns the same two seasons
- That same year, Capel became the head coach of the Fayetteville Patriots, a new NBA Development League team
- Was 66-60 in three seasons with the team, reaching the NBDL Finals in 2003 and semifinals in 2004
- Spent the rest of career in the NBA, spending seven years with the Charlotte Bobcats and two with the Philadelphia 76ers
- Coached under Bernie Bickerstaff, Sam Vincent, Larry Brown and Paul Silas in Charlotte and Doug Collins in Philadelphia
- Diagnosed with Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2014 and later passed away in 2017 at the age of 64
- His sons are also college coaches: Jeff Capel III is the head coach at Pittsburgh and Jason Capel, one of his brother’s assistants, previously the head coach at Appalachian State
Jeff Capel II Coaching Tree
- Milan Brown (Holy Cross, Mount St. Mary’s)
- Jason Capel (Appalachian State)
- Jeff Capel III (Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, VCU)
- Bobby Collins (Shaw, Maryland Eastern Shore, Winston-Salem State, Hampton)
- James Johnson (Virginia Tech)
- Mike Jones (Old Dominion)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels only