Dom Capers spent 47 years as a football coach with a 34-year stint in the NFL as an assistant and the first-ever head coach of both the Carolina Panthers and Houston Texans. He was the 1996 NFL Coach of the Year, 1999 NFL Assistant Coach of the Year, coached four NFL Defensive Players of the Year and was the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers when they won Super Bowl XLV in 2011.

Capers played safety and linebacker for Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, from 1968-71, and graduated with a degree in physical education and a minor in psychology. He also earned his master's degree in administration from Kent State. In May 2012, Capers delivered the commencement address at Mount Union and was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters.

Capers grew up in Buffalo, Ohio, where he was a star athlete at Meadowbrook High School. He hosted an annual charity golf tournament for 13 years (1995-2007) in the area to raise money for the Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center's cardiac rehab unit, and for a college scholarship in the name of Dale Dickson, Capers' former high school football coach who died of a heart attack.

For the dedication and support that Dom and his wife Karen have shown Mount Union. The press box at Mount Union Stadium is the Dom Capers Press Box and the football coaches offices and film room building is the Dom and Karen Capers Football Coaching Center.