Jeff Pawlowski '91 enters his 10th season as a coach with JCU Men's Golf in the 2025-26 school year, his second as head coach.
Pawlowski served eight seasons as assistant coach before being promoted in June 2024 following the retirement of the legendary Mike Moran. Pawlowski is just the third leader of the JCU Men's Golf program since 1980.
In his first season, Pawlowski steered the Blue Streaks to the OAC Championship, the 20th conference crown in program history. Pawlowski guided John Carroll to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2022. JCU tallied a 15th place effort, the program's best finish since 1997.
As an assistant coach, Pawlowski helped to lead the Blue Streaks to the 2022 OAC Championship, the program's first OAC tournament title since 1997. The Blue Streaks made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 25 years, as well. JCU notched second-place finishes at the OAC Championships in 2021 and 2018.
Originally from the Chicago area, Pawlowski attended John Carroll University from 1987-1991. He was a member of the golf team all four years. JCU won back-to-back PAC (Presidents Athletic Conference) Championships in 1988 and 1989. The 1989-1990 season was highlighted by an OAC Championship and the golf team's first appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Blue Streaks finished 11th in Division III at the national championships.
After graduating in 1991 with degree in Communications, Pawlowski moved back the Chicago area, where we was a PGA Assistant Golf Professional at Kemper Lakes Golf Course, Mt. Prospect Golf Club and Arlington Heights Golf Mart until 1995. From 1996 through 2004, along with his father and brother, Pawlowski owned two retail golf shops in the Chicagoland suburbs.
Pawlowski currently resides in Highland Heights with his wife and daughter.
