ACC Basketball: Ranking all head coaches heading into 2023-24 season

By Caleb Hall | Sep 16, 2023

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 11: head coach Mike Young of the Virginia Tech Hokies talks with head coach Hubert Davis of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the second half in the 2022 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament - Semifinals at Barclays Center on March 11, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Hokies won 72-59. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /

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ACC Basketball Head coach Jeff Capel III of the Pittsburgh Panthers (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

No. 11: Jeff Capel, Pittsburgh Panthers

Jeff Capel led his Pitt to being a top 3 ACC team last year, having their first winning record since he has been coaching there, and led them to the round of 32 in the tournament last season with a 24-12 (14-6) record. However, that was Pitt’s first winning season since Capel had been there and he still has a losing overall record of 75-81 (.481%).Capel’s recruiting has also been getting steadily better over his seasons at Pitt which is a good sign.

Capel proved he could win with the Panthers last season, but it took 5 seasons to get there, and Capel needs to prove it is sustainable and not a fluke. Capel Had been the associate head coach under Mike Kzrcksiki at Duke since 2014 and in 2018 he accepted the head coaching job at Pitt.

Capel would be higher on this list but he needs to prove that he is a consistently good head coach in the ACC and not a coach that has a good team every 5 years. Capel can move up a lot in this ranking but he will have to prove himself as a standout coach in this league consistently if he does.