Jeff Capel’s Compelling Story

April 11th, 2006 | Posted by Matt

Before Dane Fife became the youngest coach in Division I history, Jeff Capel was the boy among men. To an extent, the new 31-year-old head coach at Oklahoma is still that boy among men in the rugged Big 12 conference.

Now, with his arrival at OU, Capel better grow up quickly.

Andy Katz - surprise, surprise - confirmed earlier today that Capel would be leaving Virginia Commonwealth and joining the Sooners, nearly two weeks removed from Kelvin Sampson’s departure. The former Duke standout boasted a 79-41 overall record at VCU and led the Rams to the NCAA tourney in 2004 and the NIT tourney in 2005.

Capel will inherit an OU squad that has one of the top recruiting classes in the nation for next season. So basically Jeff, don’t mess things up.

Act like that college star that burned North Carolina time and time again.