Assistant Coaches Assistant Coach
Personal Born: Oct. 18, 1983
Chris Capko
Education B.A., USF, 2006 M.S., Marshall, 2009
Coaching Experience Marshall (2007 - 2009) Grad. Assistant Coach Playing Experience Florida, 2003-2004 USF, 2004-2007 Academic All-Big East
South Florida, Florida, 2001 First Season
Chris Capko is entering his first season as an assistant coach with the Hatters. His primary duties include recruiting, advance scouting, running team drills, individual workouts with the players, and shooting coach. Capko comes to Stetson from Marshall University where he was a graduate assistant under Head Coach Donnie Jones. At Marshall he was responsible for assisting in the day-to-day operations of the program, monitoring the academic progress of the players, weight training and conditioning, film exchange, and assisting with the recruiting process. As a player Capko spent his first semester in the basketball program at the University of Florida under Billy Donovan. Later he transferred to USF in Tampa where he played for three years. As a junior he was fifth in the Big East in assists and as a senior he was the Bulls’ team captain. Capko earned Academic All-Big East honors as a junior and senior at USF. He was also the Bulls’ nominee for Big East Basketball Student Athlete of the Year in 2007. Capko earned a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications at USF in December 2006 and a Master’s in Adult and Technical Education from Marshall in 2009. “Chris works hard, played at a high level and has played for and worked with some great coaches”, said Stetson Head Coach Derek Waugh. “He is very bright and is very well thought of in the state of Florida. He will fit in great with our program and we are very excited to have him.”
- Head Coach Derek Waugh Q&A with Coach Capko Favorite Vacation Spot-San Francisco Favorite Hobby-Watching NBA Favorite Type of Music-Rap Favorite Food-Seafood Favorite Restaurant-Grand China Buffet Favorite City to visit-San Francisco, CA Favorite Book-Money Ball (Michael Lewis) Favorite Author-Michael Lewis Last Book Read-Blind Side Favorite Website-www.ESPN.com Favorite Movie-Dumb and Dumber Favorite Sports Movie-He Got Game Favorite Actor-Will Smith Favorite Pro Athlete-Barry Bonds Greatest Competitor-Kobe Bryant Favorite part of coaching- Helping young adults every day.
Capko was a team captain for the USF Bulls.
Stetson University
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