John Michael Mason enters his sixth season as head coach of Trinity's men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field programs in 2023-24 and was named the college's director of cross country and track & field in June of 2022. Mason is a 2012 graduate of Trinity and a two-year captain of the Bantam men's track & field team. He enters his 12th season on the coaching staff of Trinity's men's and women's cross country teams and track & field squads. Mason was named as associate head coach for Trinity's cross country and track & field squads in the summer of 2016 and previously served as interim cross country and track & field head coach for the Bantams during the 2015 spring semester. Mason was the 2021 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) New England Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year and was nominated for the USTFCCCA New England Region Women's Head Coach of the Year in 2019 and the USTFCCCA New England Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018.
In his first season with the cross country programs, Mason coached a pair of Bantams to the NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championships. Mason guided the Trinity men’s track & field team to a top-12 finish in the New England Division III Indoor Championship Meet and the men's and women's track & field teams to top-eight finishes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Meets in 2022-23. The Bantams were fifth and the women were 16th in the New England Division III Outdoor Championships, while several men’s and women’s athletes scored in the New England Open Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Three Trinity track and field athletes, Ethan Wilkie in the outdoor shot put, Travis Martin in the indoor mile and outdoor 1500 meters, and Gabby Grattan in the outdoor high jump, collected All-American honors in 2022-23. Martin was also an All-American in the outdoor 1,500 meters in 2021 and joined three others as Indoor All-Americans in 2019-20.
Mason was a national qualifier for the Bantams, helping the distance medley relay finish 10th at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. A multiple NESCAC All-Academic honoree, Mason graduated from Trinity with the academic distinctions of Honors in General Scholarship and Optimus. He was also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society after seven semesters at Trinity. A native of Nahant, Mass., Mason continues to direct Trinity Film Festival, which he founded in 2011. Mason earned a bachelor's degree in Classical Foundations of American Cultural History from the College, and received his master’s degree with honors in American Studies from Trinity in 2014. He is a member of the Trinity Athletics Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
