University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Antonio Capaldi joined the Detroit Mercy Women’s Basketball staff as an Assistant Coach in July 2024.

His first year on staff saw the Titans go 15-15 overall and 8-12 in #HLWBB play. Detroit Mercy earned a No. 6 seed in the Barbasol Horizon League Championship, and earned a First Round home victory over No. 11 Milwaukee inside historic Calihan Hall. UDM finished the year with an 11-5 home record, their best record at home since the 2012-13 season. Capaldi helped coach three players to All-Horizon League honors, as Aaliyah McQueen and Emaia O'Brien earned Third Team All-Conference, while Kailey Starks was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman team. 
 
Before joining the Titans, Capaldi spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach on the women's basketball staff at Alma College in Michigan.
 
In his two-year tenure, Capaldi aided in the development of three All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) selections in Taylor Sas (First Team and Second Team) and Brooke LeRoux (Second Team).
 
During the 2023-24 campaign, Capaldi helped lead the Scots to a 9-7 MIAA mark and 13-13 overall record with historic wins over two ranks opponents in No. 4 Hope College and No. 21 Wittenberg University for the first time since 1993.
 
Prior to Alma, Capaldi was an Assistant Coach with the Concordia (Mich.) women’s basketball staff under then-Head Coach and current Titans’ Associate Head Coach and Co-Recruiting Coordinator, Kiefer Haffey.
 
During the 2021-22 season, Capaldi helped guide the Cardinals to a 19-12 record with a 14-6 record in Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) play. The 19 wins were the program’s highest total since 2018, and the 14 conference victories were the most since 2012. The team led the WHAC in rebounding and 3-point percentage and was ranked nationally in rebounding margin, free throws made, and free throws attempted.
 
Additionally, Capaldi helped Alize Tripp earn WHAC First-Team and National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Third-Team honors and Julia Hurt to a WHAC All-Freshman Team selection.
 
From 2019-2021, Capaldi served as a Student Assistant at Madonna University (Mich.) with the men’s basketball program helping with player skill development and team logistics.
 
During the 2019-20 season, he helped the Crusaders qualify for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) tournament for the second straight season with a 25-9 record and assisted in the development of two NAIA All-Americans in Dwight Burton and Josh Reynolds. He also helped Henry Speight and Mark Mettie earn ALL-WHAC honors during the 20-21 campaign.
 
Capaldi, a native of Eastpointe, Mich., earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science Degree from Madonna and was a student-athlete on the men’s basketball team for two seasons helping the Crusaders qualify for the NAIA tournament and secure two wins over nationally ranked Indiana Tech as a senior and three additional wins over ranked opponents during his junior season.
 
Prior to Madonna, Capaldi was a student-athlete on the Macomb Community College men’s basketball team that won the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) State Championship and qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Tournament for the first time in program history during his sophomore campaign. Additionally, he shot a season-best 5-for-5 from 3-point range against UM-Dearborn and ranked top 30 in the country in 3-point percentage as a freshman.