Former varsity football coach Ed Zaloom returned to WPI as featured performer in the Summer Breeze lunch concert series.

Ed Zaloom, who spent 11 years working the sidelines as head coach of WPI’s varsity football program, took center stage on July 11 as the featured performer in the Summer Breeze Lunch Concert Series, held in the Goat’s Head restaurant. Zaloom, who retired from WPI in June 2010, plays acoustic roots and country music on guitar and harmonica.

Listen to one of Ed’s tunes here.

The Summer Breeze Lunch Hour Concert Series features music and free ice cream each Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. The remaining concerts are listed below.

 July 18 – Worcester Brass Consort, on the Higgins House Lawn.

July 25 – Dave Binder, in the Goat’s Head Restaurant.

Aug. 1 – Phillip Young, in the Goat’s Head Restaurant.

Aug. 8 – Coos Canyon, on the Campus Center patio.