Women's Golf | January 13, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – Jason Calhoun, a PGA professional with over two decades of experience in the golf industry and as a college coach, has been named the first head women's golf coach at La Salle University, Director of Athletics Dr. Tom Brennan announced today. The women's golf program will begin varsity competition in the fall of 2016.
 
"Jason is a perfect fit to become our first women's golf coach," Brennan said. "His connections in the area will aid in our recruiting efforts and his experience as a college coach will help provide an outstanding experience for our student-athletes."
 
"It is an honor to be given the opportunity to build the women's golf team at La Salle as the program's first coach," Calhoun said. "I look forward to drawing on past experiences building or re-building programs to ensure the team is quickly positioned for competitive success while offering the high-caliber student-athlete experiences on which La Salle prides itself.  I look forward to working with Dr. Brennan, John Lyons, Mary Ellen Wydan and the rest of the Explorers' staff on this exciting challenge."
 
A former three-time Division I head coach, Calhoun began his career as the head women's golf coach at Saint Francis in 1994, helping start the program.  He took the women's program from its infancy to a finish among the top third in the ECAC in three short seasons while also assisting the men's team.
 
In 2001, he was named the head men's golf coach at Dartmouth. In four years, he led the program to two top-five finishes at the New England Championship and a third place showing at the ECAC Championship.
 
He also spent two seasons as the head women's golf coach at Loyola-Chicago from 2011-13, leading the team to the one of its best finishes in program history by placing second at the 2012 Horizon League Championship.  In 2013, one of Calhoun's players set a new Horizon League Championship record with a two-under par 70 as the team finished fifth.
 
Most recently, Calhoun was the head men's and women's golf coach at nearby Arcadia University during the 2014-15 season.
 
Calhoun has been a PGA Professional since 1993. He began his career at Immergun Golf Club in Loretto, Pa. (1993-97), followed by stints as an assistant pro at Boonsboro Golf Club in Lynchburg, Va. (1997-98) and Philadelphia Country Club (1999-01).
 
He was the head professional at the prestigious Hanover Country Club at Dartmouth College from 2001-05 before two seasons as the director of instruction at Indiana University Golf Course. Calhoun also had service as the director of golf at Otis Park Golf Course in Bedford, Ind. and Cascades Golf Club in Bloomington, Ind.
 
Most recently, Calhoun was the head professional at Glen Flora Country Club in Waukengan, Ill.
 
An accomplished player, Calhoun is a three-time champion of the Bloomington Open. He was the medalist at the New England U.S. Open Championship Qualifier in 2003 and had three top-20 point finishes on the Indiana Golf Association-PGA Player of the Year list. Calhoun was a five-time top-five point scorer in the New England Section PGA Player of the Year standings.
 
He received a bachelor's degree in history/secondary education from Saint Francis. Calhoun was a two-sport athlete for the Red Flash, earning All-NEC honors in golf and football.  He was also named a Small College All-American in football.