Carol Capitani

Biography

Has led Texas to NCAA top-10 finishes in 11 of her 13 seasons* with the Longhorns (2nd in 2022-24, 3rd in 2021 and 2025, 5th in 2017 and 2019, 6th in 2018, 7th in 2015 and 9th in 2013 & 2014) Won two consecutive SEC Championships (2025 and 2026). Has led the Longhorns to 12-straight Big 12 team titles (2013-2024) Molded Madisyn Cox into a bronze medalist (200m IM) at the 2017 FINA World Championships and Laura Sogar into a NCAA champion (200-yard breaststroke) in 2013 Head Coach for Team USA Women at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, 2017 World University Games and 2013 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool Assistant Coach for Team USA at the 2013 World University Games and 2022 FINA World Championships 10-time Big 12 Conference Women's Swimming Coach of the Year (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) *2020 Championships were canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Email Coach Capitani Carol Capitani completed her 13th season as the head coach of the Texas Women’s Swimming and Diving program in 2025, helping the Longhorns win the 2025 SEC Championship in their inaugural season in the conference and earn a third-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships. In 2024, she helped guide the Longhorns to a third consecutive national runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. The three consecutive runner-up results marked the program’s best three-year stretch since 1990-92. Capitani has served as the head coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team three times, most re