Former Duke basketball guard and assistant Jeff Capel is set to square off against the Blue Devils for many more years to come.
On Wednesday, Pitt basketball announced that Duke basketball alum Jeff Capel is now signed on as head coach of the Panthers through at least the 2029-30 campaign. The 49-year-old from Fayetteville, N.C., agreed to a three-year contract extension.Capel, 97-92 since leaving now-retired Duke basketball legend Mike Krzyzewski's staff in 2018 to accept the Pitt job, won ACC Coach of the Year in 2023 and finished runner-up in that race behind UNC's Hubert Davis last season.
"Brick-by-brick, he built a rock-solid foundation that has Pitt basketball poised for a championship future," Panthers athletic director Heather Lyke said in the press release. "Jeff is an outstanding leader well beyond the court, and we are highly fortunate to have him representing the University of Pittsburgh."
BREAKING: Pitt Athletics has announced that Pitt and head basketball coach Jeff Capel have agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep Capel coaching the Panthers through the decadeFollowing four seasons as a starter in the Blue Devil backcourt, Jeff Capel played a few seasons professionally before tipping off his coaching career as an assistant under his father, the late Jeff Capel II, at Old Dominion during the 2000-01 season.Four years later, Capel headed to Oklahoma.
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