Bentley University

The 2026 season was Brook Capello's first at the helm of the Bentley softball program. The Falcons reached the postseason thanks to a late-season push in which the team won nine of 14 games. Three players earned All-NE10 honors, and 10 earned NFCA Scholar Athlete. 

The 2026 Falcons were 40-for-52 in stolen base attempts, marking the program's most steals and most attempts in more than 15 years. 

Before coming to Bentley, Capello spent the prior 10 years as head coach at Simmons, an NCAA DIII member in Boston. She is the winningest coach in Simmons softball history. Capello led Simmons to its first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) title in 2023, and the Sharks repeated as conference champions in 2024.
 
During Capello’s tenure at Simmons, the Sharks earned 73 Scholar-Athlete recognitions from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). The program also placed nine NFCA All-Region honorees, and the Sharks claimed GNAC Pitcher of the Year in each of the past four seasons.
 
Capello was named the GNAC Coach of the Year in 2019, and Simmons earned NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year in 2023.
 
Prior to Simmons, Capello was the head coach at DIII Newbury. She earned New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Coach of the Year in 2013. Newbury placed its first-ever All-Region recipient under Capello’s leadership.
 
Capello takes over a Bentley program that has reached the NCAA DII Championship in two of the past three seasons, and the Falcons have posted a winning record three of the past four seasons.