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Jason Calhoun

Title:
Director of Men's and Women's Golf
Email:
Joined Brown:
August 2023
Alma Mater:
Saint Francis (Pa.)

A PGA professional with almost three decades of experience in the golf industry and as a college coach, Jason Calhoun was appointed the Director of Golf at Brown University in August 2023. In this role, Calhoun coaches the men’s and women’s golf teams and oversees golf instruction and recreation golf for the university.

This is Calhoun’s third stint as a head coach in the Ivy League. Calhoun joins Brown after serving for five years as the Head Men’s Golf Coach at the University of Pennsylvania, which was preceded by four years as the head coach at Dartmouth College.

Calhoun's first season overseeing the Penn golf program was highlighted at Colgate's Alex Lagowitz Memorial, where Josh Goldenberg took medalist honors. Penn took third out of 15 teams at that event, also finishing second out of 12 at Princeton in the spring and third at the City Six Shootout to close out the fall portion of the 2017-18 campaign.

The Quakers had a pair of top-three finished in the spring of 2019, taking second out of 13 teams at the Princeton Invitational and following that up a week later with third out of 11 teams at the Yale Spring Intercollegiate. The truncated 2019-20 season, in which the spring season was canceled due to the national Covid-19 outbreak, saw Penn earn a third-place finish at the fall-opening Ryan T. Lee Memorial Intercollegiate.

After playing no golf in 2020-21 due to Ivy League COVID-19 protocols, Penn was led by Mark Haghani throughout the 2021-22 schedule. Of particular note, he tied for second at the Ivy League Championship, the best finish by a Penn player at the Championship since 2015.

As the Head Men’s Golf Coach at Dartmouth College from 2001-05, the Big Green had a pair of top-five finishes at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship, and a third-place finish at the 2002 Ivy League Championship. Four of Calhoun’s golfers earned Academic All-Ivy.

Calhoun joined Penn after serving as the first Head Women’s Golf Coach at La Salle University. In that position, he was charged with starting the women’s golf program, including recruiting a full roster of players, negotiating conference membership, and securing a home course. He also spent one season as the Head Men’s and Head Women’s Golf Coach at Arcadia University in 2014-15.

Calhoun served as Head Coach of the Women’s Golf program at Loyola University Chicago from 2011-13 where he led the Ramblers to their best finish at the Horizon League Championship in 2012, tying for second. Ann Vrdolyak tied for first place before losing medalist honors in a one-hole playoff.

Calhoun’s college coaching career started at Saint Francis (Pa.) College, where he was Head Women’s Golf Coach from 1994-97. He took the program from its infancy to a finish among the top third in the ECAC in three seasons while also assisting the men’s team.

Calhoun has been certified as a Class A PGA Golf Professional since 2004, and was on the PGA of America President’s Council on Growing the Game from 2006-14. A TPI Certified Golf Instructor and Certified Club Fitter, Calhoun was named PING Regional Club Fitter of the Year and also was a Play Golf America Top 100 Performer in 2010.

Calhoun has been Head Golf Professional and/or Director of Golf at numerous courses in the Northeast and Midwest over the last three decades, including Glen Flora Country Club (IL), Cascades Golf Club (IN), Otis Park Golf Course (IN), Indiana University Golf Course (IN), and Hanover Country Club at Dartmouth College (NH). He was an Assistant Golf Professional at Philadelphia Country Club, Boonsboro Country Club (VA), and Immergrun Golf Club (PA).

Also an active player, Calhoun became the New England PGA Senior Club Professional Champion for 2023, and qualified for the National Senior Club Professional Tournament. A Top 20 player in New England PGA for 2023 and Currently the #1 Senior PGA Player in New England. Calhoun has ranked in the top 100 on the PGA Philadelphia Section (2015, 2016) and PGA Illinois Section (2011-14) points lists. He was a three-time champion of the Bloomington Open and a three-time top-20 finisher in the PGA Indiana Section.

Calhoun received a bachelor's degree in history/secondary education from Saint Francis (Pa.) where he was a three-sport athlete for the Red Flash, earning All-NEC honors in golf and football while also running track. He was honored as a Small College All-American in football.