Mr. Gregory “Greg” Calhoun joined Bishop McNamara High School in 2022 as an Assistant Director of Athletics, teacher, and Head Varsity Football Coach. Mr. Calhoun previously served as the Offensive Line Coach and Director of Football Operations at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the Assistant Coach of the Varsity Offensive Line and Strength and Conditioning Coach at Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, from 2017-2021, and a Career Technology Teacher / Technology Director at Sweet Water High School in Sweet Water, Alabama.
Mr. Calhoun served on the football coaching staff at Gilman, which finished as runners-up in the MIAA “A” conference, as well as on the coaching staff at Sweet Water High School and Benjamin Russell High School in Alabama, which made deep runs in the 5A and 6A classifications.
Mr. Calhoun’s passions and drive lie in teaching, leadership, and especially football. His athletic career includes numerous awards not only for himself, but for the teams and individual athletics he has coached and mentored. Mr. Calhoun received an athletic scholarship to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was named to several All-State Football teams during his high school career, including the Alabama Sportswriters 5-A All-State team and the Birmingham News Super All-State Football Team during his senior season. Mr. Calhoun played for the Alabama Hammers, a professional indoor football league, as well as for the Florida Tarpons, a united indoor football league. He has helped to coach teams through several championships across indoor and outdoor track and field, and has applied all of this experience and drive at Bishop McNamara High School and in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC).
Mr. Calhoun has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association, the Minority Coaches Association of Georgia, and the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches.
Coach Calhoun was selected as the Washington Commanders' 2025 Week 6 Commanders Coach of the Week!
Gregory Calhoun
CoachMr. Gregory “Greg” Calhoun joined Bishop McNamara High School in 2022 as an Assistant Director of Athletics, teacher, and Head Varsity Football Coach. Mr. Calhoun previously served as the Offensive Line Coach and Director of Football Operations at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the Assistant Coach of the Varsity Offensive Line and Strength and Conditioning Coach at Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, from 2017-2021, and a Career Technology Teacher / Technology Director at Sweet Water High School in Sweet Water, Alabama.Mr. Calhoun served on the football coaching staff at Gilman, which finished as runners-up in the MIAA “A” conference, as well as on the coaching staff at Sweet Water High School and Benjamin Russell High School in Alabama, which made deep runs in the 5A and 6A classifications.Mr. Calhoun’s passions and drive lie in teaching, leadership, and especially football. His athletic career includes numerous awards not only for himself, but for the teams and individual athletics he has coached and mentored. Mr. Calhoun received an athletic scholarship to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was named to several All-State Football teams during his high school career, including the Alabama Sportswriters 5-A All-State team and the Birmingham News Super All-State Football Team during his senior season. Mr. Calhoun played for the Alabama Hammers, a professional indoor football league, as well as for the Florida Tarpons, a united indoor football league. He has helped to coach teams through several championships across indoor and outdoor track and field, and has applied all of this experience and drive at Bishop McNamara High School and in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC).Mr. Calhoun has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association, the Minority Coaches Association of Georgia, and the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches.
