Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- 412-648-8350
Kyle Cieplicki joined the Pitt staff in the summer of 2021 and is in his fourth season at Pitt. He spent the previous 10 seasons on staff at his alma mater, Vermont. He was elevated to an assistant coach role prior to the 2023-24 season after joining the program as the Chief of Staff.
Cieplicki has been instrumental in the evolution of Pitt’s offensive attack, while working closely with head coach Jeff Capel on practice and game preparation. He also coordinates Pitt’s transfer portal approach, assists with on-campus and off-campus recruiting efforts, and Name, Image, and Likeness education, evaluation, and key partnerships.
In 10 seasons at the University of Vermont, Cieplicki has helped the Catamounts to nine 20-win seasons, eight postseason berths (NCAA three times, NIT twice, CBI – three times), won four America East Tournament titles (2012, 2017, 2019, and 2020), six America East regular season crowns (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021) and an NCAA Tournament win (2012). The Catamounts posted a 229-96 overall record and a 131-27 mark in America East play at Vermont with Cieplicki on the sidelines.
Cieplicki spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Brown before joining the Vermont staff as the Director of Operations for the 2011-12 season. He was promoted to an assistant coach the following year before being elevated to associate head coach in May of 2015.
A 2008 graduate from Vermont with a dual degree in English and sociology, Cieplicki was the first three-year captain in the history of the Vermont men’s basketball team. He stepped into the starting lineup as a sophomore and started 82 of 89 games over his final three seasons. He helped lead Vermont to the America East Championship Game three times and an NCAA Tournament appearance as a freshman and the team’s first ever postseason NIT invite as a junior.
Cieplicki and his wife, Erica, reside in Gibsonia with their three children, Cameron, Chase, and Gigi.
