Ryan Kapustka - Men's Basketball Coach - Rice University Athletics

Ryan Kapustka

Title:
Director of Operations
Email:
rak11@rice.edu
Phone:
348-4075

Ryan Kapustka begins his third season as the Director of Operations after spending the previous two as a Graduate Assistant.

With the help of Kapustka, this past year the Owls went 16-17 including a CBI postseason berth which was the first postseason appearance since 2016-2017. The Owls have now won 15 or more games in three straight seasons which is only the third time the program has done so in the last 75 years. The Owls have also now won conference tournament games in back-to-back seasons, the first time since 2005.

As assistant offensive coordinator, the Owls have been one of the top offenses in C-USA over the last 4 seasons. The Owls were first or second in the conference in the following offensive categories this past year: assist percentage, total assists, assists per game, three-pointers made, three-pointers per game, three-pointers attempted, and effective field goal percentage.

In addition, Kapustka has led many aspects of the program during his time as director of operations. He is the camp director for all Scott Pera Basketball Camps, is in charge of day-to-day scheduling, coordinates all travel logistics as well as official visit procedures, serves as liaison to the compliance office, facilities, and all other Rice teams, as well as managing the budget and student-manager program. He also oversees student-athlete development which led to the Owls having a program record G.P.A during the 2021-2022 school year.

As a graduate assistant, he helped prepare scouting reports for the coaching staff and provided daily individual workouts for the team. He also assisted the Director of Operations in completing expense reports, team budgets, travel logistics, equipment organization, game day operations, and scheduling for future seasons.

Kapustka earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2018 in sport management. At Michigan, he served as a head manager under Coach John Beilein for 4 years, where they won back-to-back Big Ten Tournament titles in 2017 and 2018 along with a national championship appearance in 2018.