Dawn Scott

Life and work

The story behind the role.

Performance coach recognised for advancing physical preparation in women's football.

Dawn Scott (born 19 June 1972) is an English association football performance coach and sports scientist who works as director of performance for the Washington Spirit, a professional football club competing in the United States top-division National Women's Soccer League. Scott is best known for her work with the United States women's national soccer team, where her tenure as the team's high-performance coach included two FIFA Women's World Cup victories and an Olympic gold medal. Scott was credited by player Christie Rampone as the team's "secret to everything", and by United States women's team general manager Kate Markgraf as instrumental to the team's 2012 Olympic gold medal victory. Scott has also previously worked for the England women's national football team and England's Football Association, and as performance director for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF.

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