MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Jon Wilson, the first-ever head coach of the Wesleyan women's golf program, has been elevated to Director of Golf starting in the upcoming 2023-24 season.
 
The newly established position at Wesleyan is responsible for the overall management of the men's and women's golf programs including coaching, recruitment, fundraising, scheduling, and budget management. Wilson will also hire and supervise an assistant coach for the golf programs and serve as an Assistant Adjunct Professor teaching physical education classes beginning this fall.
 
"I am very pleased to announce that Jon has been elevated to our newly established position of Director of Golf," said Wesleyan Athletic Director Mike Whalen '83. "Jon came to Wesleyan in 2019 when we decided to add women's golf as a varsity sport. He started the program from scratch and has done an amazing job recruiting talented student-athletes from all over the country. He's a fantastic colleague and has earned the respect of all our head coaches and administrators. I'm excited to see him take on this new role."
 
Wilson was first hired at Wesleyan in 2019 for the inaugural season of the women's golf program. Navigating through COVID in 2020-21, Wilson has seen the program take strides in their first two full seasons of competition in 2021-23, seeing two Cardinals qualify and compete at the NESCAC Championships as individuals (Milan Yorke '25 in 2022, Chanel Hong '26 in 2023) for the first time in team history.
 
In addition to his role at Wesleyan, Wilson is a PGA Class A Professional at Lyman Orchards and has held that title since 2013. He's also been the owner and director of the Sound Approach Golf Academy and Studio in Madison since 2004 and is the former PGA Head Golf Professional at Oronoque Country Club in Stratford, the Laurel View Country Club in Hamden, and the Alling Memorial Golf Course in New Haven. In 1999, he was named the National Golf Professional of the Year by the Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company.
 
His previous coaching roles came as an assistant women's golf coach at Yale from 1983-87 and as the head coach of the Daniel Hand High School girls team in Madison.