Caleb Kupa has joined James Jones‘ staff at Yale the as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations.
Kupa comes to Yale after spending two seasons as the Director of Basketball Operations at Towson, where the Tigers finished the 2023-24 season winning 20-plus games for a school record third straight season and reached the CAA Championship Semifinals for the third straight year.
“I am extremely blessed that Coach Jones has offered me the opportunity to join his staff at Yale and serve such a prestigious University and Athletics Department,” Kupa said. “At Yale, I’m excited to continually offer our student-athletes a first-class academic and athletic experience. Coach Jones has built and maintained an impeccable standard of excellence and I’m greatly looking forward to helping his program continually compete in the Ivy League as well as on the national stage.
“I would like to thank both of my parents for their constant support and belief in me. I would also like to thank Pat Skerry of Towson for offering me the opportunity to break into the coaching profession.”
Prior to Towson, Kupa spent four years at the Westtown School in West Chester, Pa., serving as an assistant coach for three seasons and the team’s associate head coach during the 2021-22 campaign. He had several duties with the team, including managing team travel arrangements, coordinating practices, and supervising basketball student managers.
While with Westtown, Kupa spearheaded recruiting and player evaluations, oversaw film breakdown and scouting, and coordinated practice plans and the development of offensive and defensive concepts. Both the 2019-20 and 2021-22 Westtown teams won the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PISAA) state titles, the school’s third and fourth overall.
Kupa also served as an assistant coach for Team Final’s 15U and 16U Nike EYBL teams. There he assisted with recruiting and scouting for the team.
Kupa graduated from West Chester University in 2019 with a degree in elementary education.
