Jason Calhoun

Position: Interim Head Coach Alma Mater: St. Francis (Pa.)

Jason Calhoun, a former head golf coach at both Dartmouth and Saint Francis (Pa.), was appointed interim head coach for the Loyola University Chicago women's golf program in October 2011. Calhoun is a Class A Professional Golf Association (PGA) professional.

Most recently, Calhoun has served as the Director of Golf at Cascades Golf Club in Bloomington, Ind., where he supervised golf operations, course maintenance, merchandising and concessions. He has also held golf professional or assistant golf pro positions at a handful of other courses throughout his career, including Dartmouth's golf course, Hanover Country Club and Philadelphia Country Club.

From 2001-05, Calhoun was as the head men's golf coach at Dartmouth, where he mentored four Academic All-Ivy League honorees and helped the Big Green to a third-place showing at the 2003 Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships (ECAC).

Calhoun was instrumental in the formation of the women's golf program at Saint Francis (Pa.) and served as the head coach for both the men's and women's teams there. While at St. Francis (Pa.), he built the men's team into an annual contender in the Northeast Conference (NEC) and nurtured the women's program from its infancy to a finish among the top third in the ECAC in three short seasons.

An accomplished player, Calhoun is a two-time Top 20 point finisher on the Indiana Golf Association-PGA Player of the Year list and is a three-time Bloomington Open champion. In 2003, he was the medalist at the New England U.S. Open Championship Qualifier.

A graduate of Saint Francis (Pa.), Calhoun was an All-NEC golfer there and a two-time All-NEC selection in football.

Calhoun and his wife, Grace, reside in Wilmette with their three daughters, Alexandra, Madeline and Eleanor.