Benedictine University Mesa

John Cappuccitti, from Mount Prospect, Illinois, holds a B.A. in Psychology from Lake Forest College (2018) and an M.S. in Exercise Science & Health Promotion from California University of Pennsylvania (2021). He is currently the Director of Coaching at Nos Santos SC for the Academy program and serves as an Assistant DOC for the club. His previous coaching roles include Assistant Coach of the BENU Men's Team (2025), 1^st Assistant Coach at Elmhurst University (2024–2025), Coach and DOC for FC United/Trevian SC’s youth program (2022–2025), 1^st Assistant at  Virginia Military Institute (Spring 2020), Volunteer Coach at Lake Forest College (Fall 2020), and 1st Assistant at Knox College (Fall 2019), where he helped win a conference championship and secure an NCAA berth. He also coached high school varsity hockey for BGHW from 2019–2024.

As a player, Cappuccitti competed professionally with Chicago House AC (2022–2023) and internationally in Brazil (2017) and Croatia (2018–2019) with U.S. Select Teams. At Lake Forest College (2015–2018), he was team captain, 2016 MWC Offensive Player of the Year, a two-time All-MWC selection, and part of two NCAA Tournament teams. He began his collegiate career at Loyola University Chicago (2014–2015)