Tim Capstraw
{{Short description|Color commentator}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|9|14}}
| birth_place = Utica, New York, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Wagner College
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| coach_sport1 = Basketball
| coach_years1 = 1985–89
1989–99
| coach_team1 = Siena (Asst.)
Wagner
| coach_sport2 = Baseball
| coach_years2 = 1984–85
| coach_team2 = Wagner
| overall_record = 117–164 (Basketball)
21–30–3 (Baseball){{cite web |title=Wagner College Seahawks |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/college_history/21096/ |website=The Baseball Cube |access-date=23 May 2022}}
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| awards = Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (1992)
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Tim Capstraw (born September 14, 1960{{cite web |title=Tim Capstraw |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/tim-capstraw-1.html |website=Sports Reference College Basketball |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=23 May 2022}}), nicknamed The Capper, is a color commentator for the Brooklyn Nets and NBA TV. Prior to becoming a sportscaster, Capstraw was the head basketball coach at Wagner College from 1989 to 1999.
Coaching
Capstraw was born and raised Utica, New York and graduated from the Utica Free Academy.{{cite news |last1=Laible |first1=Don |title=Nets Radio Voice Tim Capstraw Has Utica Pride |url=https://wibx950.com/nets-radio-voice-tim-capstraw-has-utica-pride/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=WIBX |date=March 7, 2021}} He graduated from Wagner College in 1982 and the following year, at only 23 years old, he became the school's head baseball coach.{{cite news |title=Utica's Tim Capstraw To Broadcast Olympic Basketball, Staying With Brooklyn Nets -Part 2 |url=https://www.uticaod.com/story/lifestyle/health-fitness/2012/06/13/utica-s-tim-capstraw-to/44785880007/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=Observer-Dispatch |date=June 13, 2012}} In 1985 he became a basketball assistant at Siena College.{{cite news |last1=Tomaino |first1=Frank |title=This Week in History |url=https://www.uticaod.com/story/business/transportation/2010/09/10/this-week-in-history/45089270007/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=Observer-Dispatch |date=September 10, 2010}}
In 1989, Capstraw returned to Wagner as head basketball coach. At the age of 29, he was the youngest coach in Division I.{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Cormac |title=Mason has emerged as front-runner for Wagner College basketball job |url=https://www.silive.com/colleges/2012/03/mason_has_emerged_as_front-run.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=SILive.com |date=March 24, 2012}} At Wagner, Capstraw had a 117–164 record and no NCAA tournament or NIT bids. He was the 1992 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year.
Broadcasting
Capstraw's broadcasting career began with a three-year stint as a television and radio analyst for the Northeast Conference. During the 2001–02 season he was a television analyst for the Atlantic 10 Conference. He joined the Nets Radio broadcasts in the 2002-03 NBA season. He has also filled in on YES Network's Nets telecasts.{{cite web |title=Broadcasters |url=http://www.nba.com/nets/game_night_experience/broadcasterbios_011011.html |website=Nets |publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC |access-date=31 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031111630/http://www.nba.com/nets/game_night_experience/broadcasterbios_011011.html |archive-date=31 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}
In addition to his work on Nets broadcasts, Capstraw serves as NBA TV's lead analyst for their Euroleague broadcasts and several other international championships, including the 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament, the 2003 EuroBasket tournament, and the 2003 FIBA Asia Championship.{{cite web |title=Tim Capstraw |url=http://www.wfan.com/pages/1069246.php?contentType=4&contentId=1022241 |website=WFAN |publisher=CBS Radio |access-date=31 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018232429/http://www.wfan.com/pages/1069246.php?contentType=4&contentId=1022241 |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead}} In 2006, he worked on NBA TV's coverage of the Las Vegas Summer League. He was a color commentator for NBC's basketball coverage at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
References
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{{Wagner Seahawks baseball coach navbox}}
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