Sal
Capaccio Bio
www.SalSports.com
-I grew up in Cheektowaga,
NY (derived from an Indian word meaning "Place of the crabapple tree").
Growing up in WNY is where my passion and love for Buffalo sports began.
-I attended Cleveland Hill High School, where I
played football, baseball, basketball, and bowled. That's right, I
was on the high school bowling team!
-After graduating from high school, I attended Syracuse University from
1991-95, where I watched such football stars as Marvin Graves, Marvin
Harrison, and Qadry Ismail, as well as basketball stars John Wallace and
Lawrence Moten.
-I began my broadcasting career at WJPZ-FM at Syracuse University, a student-run campus-based radio station.
I served as the station's Sports Director, hosted a call-in sports talk show,
and hosted a shift as a music disc jockey during the afternoon.
-While at SU, I also bartended and DJ'd at Maggie's On The Hill.
I still have great memories of that place and all the people I met and
worked with there.
-In 1995 I moved to the small, sleepy town of
Englewood, Florida, and worked on the air at WENG-AM Radio as a morning
news host and sports talk host. I also broadcast Little League
baseball and high school football and basketball play-by-play.
-I coached both Little League Baseball and high school football while
working in radio.
-In 1997 I returned to college at the University of South Florida to
pursue a teaching certificate. While there, I met my (now) wife, Jana.
So, I'd say it was a GREAT career decision.
-I am currently an assistant football coach and head girls Varsity track coach at Lemon
Bay High School in Englewood, Florida. In football, I had served as the
Varsity Quarterbacks Coach for ten years, while also serving as the head Junior
Varsity coach for four years during that same time. This past season I
moved to the other side of the ball for the first time to coach Defensive Backs.
Having the opportunity to coach both sides of the football has been a great
experience and one I believe every coach should do at some point.
-I teach all levels of
high school social studies (9th grade American Civics; 10th grade World History;
11th grade American History; 12th grade American Government; 12th grade
Economics).
-I currently co-host Let's Talk Sports; a live, call-in, sports talk show
which airs every Thursday night on Comcast's BLAB-TV channel 21 in Sarasota,
Florida.
-I have served as a fill-in talk show host on ESPN Radio affiliates WGR-550 AM
in Buffalo, WSRQ 1220 AM in Sarasota, and WAMR 1320 AM in Sarasota.