June 20, 2026
Seven Football Seniors Inducted Into NFF Honor Society
Nearly half the members of the 16-man Capital University football 2012 senior class were inducted into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society, the organization announced earlier this week.

June 7, 2026
Football Announces 2013 Recruiting Class
The Capital University football team has released its first recruiting class under first-year head coach Craig Candeto.

May 10, 2026
Spring Football Wrap-Up: Candeto Settling in at Capital University
COLUMBUS – It was the start of winter break and as many students and faculty prepared to make the trip home, Craig Candeto was just arriving on campus and beginning to find his way around.

April 24, 2026
Candeto Announces Football Summer Camp Dates
Head football coach Craig Candeto and his staff have announced dates for Craig Candeto’s 2013 Crusader Football Summer Camps at Capital University.

April 15, 2026
Recapping Division III Week at Capital University
The Capital University athletics department recognized the NCAA’s Division III Week from April 8-14 and in the dates surrounding it. One event is still to come.

April 10, 2026
Boggs, Niekamp Among Award Winners at Honors Convocation
Capital University seniors Devan Boggs and Spencer Niekamp earned the highest athletic honors Wednesday at the Capital University Honors Convocation at the campus’s Mees Hall Auditorium.

March 26, 2026
Capital Football Staff to Host Coaching Clinic
The Capital University football coaching staff will hold a Coaches Clinic for high school coaches on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, at Bernlohr Stadium.

March 12, 2026
Nasrallah Honored at National Football Foundation Event
Capital University football senior Nate Nasrallah was recently a recipient of a National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete award and was recognized at the organization’s 52nd annual banquet in late February.

March 4, 2026
Candeto Rounds Out Full Time Staff
Capital University football coach Craig Candeto has hired four full-time assistant coaches to join him for his first year at the helm of the program.

January 15, 2026
Nasrallah to Compete in Dream Bowl Monday
Capital University senior Nate Nasrallah, a member of the Crusader football team for the past three years, was selected for and will play in the inaugural Dream Bowl this Monday at Salem Stadium in Roanoke, Va.

January 15, 2026
Athletics Hall of Fame to Induct Five, Honor Two Others on Feb. 2
The Capital University athletics department will induct five new members into the Alumni Varsity C Athletics Hall of Fame in conjunction with the men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 2, with festivities scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

December 18, 2025
Candeto Named Head Football Coach at Capital University
Craig Candeto, a former standout collegiate quarterback, Navy fighter pilot and assistant coach, has been selected to be the next head football coach at Capital University, director of athletics and recreation Steve Bruning announced.

September 22, 2026
Football Drops Road Opener
The Capital University football team recovered from a challenging first half with a strong second Saturday, but fell just short in a 28-14 defeat at Ohio Northern in an Ohio Athletic Conference showdown in Ada, Ohio.