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Entering his 18th season as the head golf coach at Fordham in 2012-13 is Paul Dillon. The 2011-12 campaign was highlighted by three team wins and an individual second place showing by Devon O'Rourke. The team titles came in the FDU Invitational in the fall season and the La Salle and Rhode Island competitions in the spring season. O'Rourke's second place showing also came in the La Salle Invitational. In the 2010-11 season, Dillon helped Fordham to three third-place finishes and a pair of second-position showings. The team came in third at the Colgate Fall Invitational, the Bucknell Fall Invitational and the New England Division I Championship. The runner-up positions came in the FDU Invitational and the Mount St. Mary's Spring Invitational. In 2009-10, Dillon guided the Rams to seven top five finishes, which included the 2009 ECAC Championship team title. His Rams also had multiple weekly awards winners through the course of the season between Jason Del Rosso (four awards) and Brody Nieporte (one award), while Del Rosso also broke the school records for single season scoring average, single round score, two-round score, and three-round score. In 2004, Dillon guided the team to a fourth place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship, the best in team history. For that accomplishment, Dillon received the 2004 Atlantic 10 Golf Coach of the Year award. Just a few days later, he, along with Fordham Women's Soccer coach Ness Selmani, were the co-recipients of the Iron Major Award, as Fordham Coach of the Year. A graduate of Iona College, Dillon worked for 30 years as a packaging systems manager for Union Camp Corp., and has been an artist and portrait painter for the last 20 years. Dillon is very active in the golf community of Westchester County, currently serving as the President of the Metropolitan Golf Association and he has also served as the President of the Westchester Golf Association and the WGA Caddie Scholarship Fund. He has also been on the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Golf Association and served as the President of the Halfway Houses of Westchester Foundation. Dillon is a member of both the Winged Foot Golf Club and the Wykagyl Country Club. A resident of Mamaroneck, N.Y., Dillon and his wife Mary Ellen have six children. |
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