Scott Cappos, Thrower X, Former Big Ten Coach

Send us Fan Mail  Coach Cappos is the owner of Thower X, Prior to that he accumulated over 25 years of collegiate coaching experience. Cappos has had more than 100 athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships, coached more than 50 athletes to conference championships and All-America honors in the shot put, discus, javelin, hammer, weight throw, long jump, high jump, heptathlon and decathlon. Coach Cappos spent 7 years as the Assistant Throws Coach at the University of Nebraska, He spent 18 seasons as an assistant coach and director of field events at the University of Iowa where, his athletes rewrote the records in Iowa City, including eight of the top-10 all-time shot-putters, nine of the top-10 all-time discus throwers and all 10 of the top javelin, hammer and weight throwers in Hawkeye history. Before coaching at Iowa, Cappos was an assistant coach at Western Michigan University. He trained seven All-Americans during his tenure, and Western Michigan winning the MAC and CCC team titles both seasons. Cappos started his coaching career at West Salem High School in Wisconsin. Coach Cappos is one of a handful of USATF Level III certified coaches in the throwing events, he is a USATF Level II certified coach in the jumps and a certified instructor for USATF. Cappos coached with Team USA at the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships, leading athletes to 10 gold medals. Coach Cappos earned Regional Throws Coach of Year from USTFCCCA in 2007. Cappos was a professional track and field athlete while teaching and coaching. He competed at the Pan American Games, World University Games and the Commonwealth Games for Canada. During his athletic career at Indiana University, Cappos won the Big Ten Championship in the shot put in 1990 and 1991 and was a three-time All-American. He earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a minor in social science.https://www.instagram.com/scottcappos?igsh=MXVtZzZoMHMxdXp3cg==https://www.instagram.com/throwerx_?igsh=YW05bWM0OG0yYW55https://www.throwerx.com/ https://youtube.com/@platesandpancakes4593https://instagram.com/voodoo4power?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=https://voodoo4ranch.com/To possibly be a guest or support the show email [email protected]://www.paypal.com/paypalme/voodoo4ranch