 He served as an assistant coach with the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks of the ECHL before being hired as head coach of the ECHL's Pee Dee Pride in 1997 and added the GM title to his responsibilities a year later.He left the bench in 1999 but continued as GM until 2005, when the franchise folded.Capuano then signed on to be an assistant coach for the New York Islanders in the 2005–06 season.