Aaron Capehart was announced as the first-ever full-time assistant coach in cross country and track & field at UT Dallas in January 2022.
In three seasons with the Comet track & field team, Capehart helped coached four male athletes to win 11 events at one female champion win twice at the American Southwest Conference Championships. He also coached the High Point Athlete and Oustanding Track Athlete at the 2022 meet and one Academic All-American. In 2024, Capehart helped coach UTD's first NCAA Championship qualifier.
The 2022 cross country season saw Capehart coach individual medalist Graame Maclean while the Comet men won the ASC title in 2023. He has coached a total eight All-ASC selections on the men's side and four for the women. Capheart was part of the 2023 ASC Men's Coaching Staff of the Year.
A native of Siloam Springs, Ark., Capehart joined the Comet staff after serving as an assistant track & field coach at John Brown University. In his two seasons with the Golden Eagles, Capehart served as the program's recruiting coordinator and coached the JBU hurdlers and sprinters. In addition, he assisted in the planning of workouts and weight routines for the Golden Eagle student-athletes.
Prior to joining the JBU staff, Capehart started his coaching career as a volunteer coach in the Clarksville (Ark.) School District, working with junior high and high school hurdlers. He then worked one season as a volunteer coach at Siloam Springs High School, also working with the cross country program.
Capehart earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology from JBU in 2021. He began his collegiate career as a cross country and track & field student-athlete at the University of the Ozarks, a fellow ASC member. At Ozarks, he was a three-year member of the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), servings as the committee's campus relations coordinator as a junior. As a senior, Capehart transferred to JBU to compete in track & field, training as a multi-event athlete.
