Matt Caponi
American football coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matt Caponi is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for the North Texas Mean Green.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | North Texas |
| Conference | AAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2003 | Mount Union |
| Position(s) | Safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004 | Mount Union (SA) |
| 2005 | Mount Union (LB) |
| 2006–2007 | Washington & Jefferson (DB) |
| 2008–2010 | Washington & Jefferson (DC/DB) |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh (GA) |
| 2012 | Arizona (GA) |
| 2013–2015 | Arizona (S) |
| 2016–2018 | West Virginia (DB) |
| 2019–2022 | Iowa State (CB) |
| 2023 | North Texas (DC/CB) |
| 2024–present | North Texas (DC) |
Caponi attended Mount Union College—now known as University of Mount Union—in Alliance, Ohio, where he played football for four years as a safety for the Mount Union Purple Raiders. He was a team captain and earned Second-Team All-Conference honors as a senior i 2003. Caponi helped Mount Union achieve a 55–1 record and win three NCAA Division III Football Championships during his four years.[1]
Caponi started his coaching career at Mount Union as a student assistant. After one year with Mount Union as a student assistant he was promoted to coach the linebackers. Caponi's next stop was with Washington & Jefferson as their defensive backs coach. After two years as the defensive backs coach, Washington & Jefferson promoted Caponi to be the defensive coordinator.[2] Caponi was then hired by Pittsburgh as a graduate assistant.[3] After one year in Pittsburgh, Caponi joined Arizona as a graduate assistant.[2] Caponi was then promoted to coach the safeties for Arizona after one season as a graduate assistant.[4][5] Then after four total year with Arizona, Caponi's next stop was as the defensive backs coach for West Virginia.[6][7] After three years with West Virginia as the defensive backs coach, Iowa State hired Caponi to coach the cornerbacks.[8][9] Then after three year with Iowa State, Caponi got his first FBS defensive coordinator job, as he was hired by North Texas to be the defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach.[10][11]
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