Track and Field
Meet the Coaches
Head Coach, Dawn Caputo
Coach Caputo is in her second year of coaching track at Northern Essex Community College. Dawn has been at NECC for the past nine years as the cross country coach.
Dawn has been coaching cross country, indoor and out door track on the interscholastic and collegiate level for 27 years. Prior to coming to NECC, Caputo coaches at Haverhill High School in Haverhill, MA. The Hillie boys’ team went undefeated in the State in 1998 in all dual meets and invitationals. The season culminated by Haverhill winning the Eastern Massachusetts Division I title and the All-State Championship. As a result, Dawn was selected by the Boston Globe “Boys Sports Coach of the Year.” The Lawrence Eagle Tribune honored her as the “Boys Sports Coach of the Year” for the 1997-98 school year.
Prior to coming to Haverhill High School, Dawn coached at her alma mater, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York. At Ossining, she led the program to numerous league, conference, county, and sectional titles. As a result of her accomplishments as an athlete and coach, Dawn was inducted in the Ossining Athletic Hall of fame in 1994.
A wellness teacher at Haverhill High School since 1984, dawn resides in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
