Longtime Port Jefferson track and cross-country coach Rod Cawley has passed.
Cawley coached for more than 30 years from 1981 through 2021. He coached for the Port Jefferson Boys Cross-Country team, Port Jefferson Girls Winter Track, Boys Winter Track, and Port Jefferson Boys Spring Track.
Cawley’s teams won 18 League championship titles, 6 Division or Conference titles, and 16 County Class titles.
His Spring Track teams were even more impressive where he won almost 200 meets and earned 19 League titles. They also won five County or Division titles.
Cawley was named League Coach of the Year 44 times and County Coach of the Year 24 times. For his Long Island Championship in 2001, he was named Overall County Coach of the Year for his efforts.