Dan Gheesling, a 25-year-old Catholic school teacher, was crowned the winner of last night’s “Big Brother 10″ finale. Dan Gheesling won $500,000 for enduring the Big Brother competition. House guest Memphis Garrett was the runner-up.

Big Brother 10 host Julie Chen asked Dan Gheesling what he was going to do with his $500,000 winnings. Gheesling said:

“Good question. My girlfriend back there will get a nice present that may fit on her ring finger, who knows. The reason I came on Big Brother, I love my job at St. Mary’s — hopefully I still have it. And being a teacher, hopefully this will allow me to stay there for the rest of my career.”

Dan Gheesling was unanimously voted the winner by the Big Brother 10 jury of the past seven evicted houseguests.