Sports Contact: Men's Hockey, Men's and Women's Rowing, Men's Soccer
Paul Capobianco has been with Wisconsin since 1999, where he has served as athletic communications contact and now brand manager for men’s ice hockey since 2003. He began his time at Wisconsin as the women’s hockey contact for the first four years in program history, has served the rowing programs for all but three of his years at UW and now also handles men’s soccer.
The teams handled by Capobianco have enjoyed great success with the men’s hockey program winning the 2006 NCAA championship and the 2010 squad reaching the NCAA title game. Wisconsin has produced seven Hobey Baker Award finalists during that time, including the 2010 and 2021 winners, the first in Wisconsin history. The women’s lightweight rowing team captured five national titles, while the men’s rowing program boasts one national title during that time, as well.
Capobianco worked with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, serving as mixed zone supervisor at Peaks Ice Arena and assisted for the medal games at the E Center for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in ice hockey.
Before Wisconsin, Capobianco served as a graduate assistant sports information director at Minnesota State University, Mankato from 1997-99. While in Mankato, he spent a season as the primary contact for football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer and two years as the men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s cross country contact. He began his athletic communications career at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University during football and basketball game days.
In addition, Capobianco served as media coordinator for the 2023 and 2016 NCAA Frozen Fours in Tampa, Florida, and boasts media relations experience at the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the 2002 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, the 2001 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four and the 1999 NFC Championship Game.
The Selden, New York, native graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1996. While at Notre Dame, he was a member of the Fighting Irish’s 1994 NCAA champion fencing team, earning three letters with the squad.
Capobianco, his wife, Laurie, and their children, Rose, Colin and Lily, reside in Madison.
Updated: Septermber 1, 2021
