Jerrod Calhoun
August 13, 2008 04:19 PM | General
Director of Men’s Basketball Operations
Jerrod.Calhoun@mail.wvu.edu
(304) 293-2193
Jerrod Calhoun enters his third season as director of men’s basketball operations at West Virginia University.
Calhoun came to West Virginia from Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, where he spent three seasons as assistant basketball coach. Walsh posted an 82-21 record during his three seasons there, including the 2005 NAIA national championship, 2006 NAIA Elite Eight and 2007 NAIA Sweet 16.
The Cleveland, Ohio, native began his coaching career at Cincinnati in 2003-04, where he served as a student assistant under Huggins. That year, the Bearcats were 25-7 overall and advanced to the second round of the 2004 NCAA tournament.
Calhoun played two years of college basketball at Cleveland State for Rollie Massimino. While at CSU, he was a member of the Dean’s List as well as the Student-Athlete Advisory Board.
Calhoun attended Villa Angela-St. Joseph High in Cleveland, earning four basketball letters and was team captain his senior year. He averaged 19.0 points per game his senior year and graduated as the school record holder for free throw percentage. Calhoun was also tabbed Lake County News Herald Player of the Year.
Calhoun coached AAU basketball for three years in the Cleveland Basketball Club and worked the USA Developmental Festival in Colorado Springs in 2001. He has also served as a coach and counselor at the Rollie Massimino basketball camp, Five-Star basketball camp, Walsh University basketball camp and the Bob Huggins basketball camp.
Calhoun graduated in 2004 from Cincinnati with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a minor in communications. He has a son, Jordan (9).
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