Pitt HC Named Runner-Up for Coach of Year
WASHINGTON, DC -- Another 20-win season got Pitt Panthers head coach Jeff Capel close to earning another massive honor from the ACC.
Capel came close to winning his second consecutive ACC Coach of the Year award but ended up second in the voting to North Carolina's Hubert Davis. Capel earned 12 votes, which trailed Davis' 49. Six other ACC coaches also earned at least one vote.
Capel's performed a remarkable turnaround over the past two seasons, turning a perennial cellar-dweller in ACC and nationally into a contender for the NCAA Tournament and in the conference.
Capel won just 51 of his first 120 games as head coach of the Panthers from the beginning of the 2018-19 season through the 2021-22 season. Ever since, he owns a 45-22 record that includes two wins in the NCAA Tournament.
This season, the Panthers earned the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, their best finish in the conference standings since coming over from the Big East in 2013.
Capel has now coached three All-ACC selections, an ACC Sixth Man of the Year, an ACC Freshman of the Year and a pair of NBA players during his tenure with the Panthers.
He's hunting for more this season with a Pitt team that is heating up as the calendar shifts to March.
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