At the time of his hire, Capel was the nation’s youngest NCAA Division I head coach at 30 years, three months and six days old. He posted a 16-15 record (10-8 SoCon) in his first season as head coach in 2010-11. He is one of only four first-year head coaches to ever post a winning record at Appalachian State and the only one to ever win double-digit SoCon games.
Capel went on to lead the Mountaineers to records of 13-18, 15-16 and 9-21 over his final three seasons. Appalachian won at least one postseason game in each of his first three seasons at the helm and took heavily favored Davidson to the brink in the 2013 SoCon Tournament semifinals before a would-be game-tying three-pointer came up just short at the buzzer in a nailbiting 65-62 defeat to the eventual NCAA Tournament participant.
JASON CAPEL AS APPALACHIAN STATE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH
Year Overall SoCon
2010-11 16-15 10-8 (3rd - North)
2011-12 13-18 7-11 (5th - North)
2012-13 15-16 10-8 (2nd - North)
2013-14 9-21 5-11 (9th)
Totals 53-70 32-38
Now watch Charlie Cobb try to recruit Buzz Peterson back for his third gig as head coach.
We've been shitty in basketball for a looooonng time. We had one bad football season in a coaching transition year - not exactly an indictment on the football program as a whole. Hyperbole much?
AZGrizFan wrote:
Well, at least both sports that actually MATTER.
We've been shitty in basketball for a looooonng time. We had one bad football season in a coaching transition year - not exactly an indictment on the football program as a whole. Hyperbole much?
Oh, I thought you had actually met IdahoArizonaTexasGrizFan. Since you haven't, hyperbole is kind of his thing. He's a fvcker like that.
Appalachian State Mountaineers:
National Champions: 2005, 2006, and 2007 Southern Conference Champions: 1986, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! WE'RE GONNA SHOUT IT! NOTHING'S HOTTER THAN A-S-U!
