Southern Connecticut State University Mourns the Passing of Legendary Swimming & Diving Headvert Coach Tim Quill

It is with a heavy coronary heart and profound unhappiness that I share the information of the sudden passing of Tim Quill, head coach of males’s and girls’s swimming and diving. 

For 28 extraordinary years, Tim was way over a coach at Southern Connecticut State University; he was the architect of one of the crucial profitable teaching dynasties within the historical past of SCSU and the Northeast-10 (NE10) Conference. His loss leaves an unmeasurable void within the lives of our student-athletes, alumni, and the complete New Haven neighborhood. 

Tim established an ordinary of excellence that transcended the pool. His influence on our applications was actually historic. During his longtime extraordinary 28-year tenure main the Owls’ males’s and girls’s swimming and diving applications, Quill established an ordinary of excellence that transcended the pool. 

Under his management, SCSU captured a mixed 34 NE10 Conference Championships— 17 for the boys and 17 for the ladies—alongside tons of of particular person titles. His friends acknowledged his influence by naming him the NE10 Coach of the Year a report 28 instances. 

Beyond collegiate competitors, Tim’s affect formed the game throughout the area as the top coach of the SoNoCo Swim Club, the place he guided athletes to the U.S. Olympic Trials and the Pan American Games. 

Tim embodied every part we attempt for at Southern Connecticut State University. For practically three many years, he poured his coronary heart into our swim and diving program, shaping not solely champions within the pool however exceptional younger folks past it. His dedication, his steadiness, and his real take care of our scholar athletes made him a pillar of this neighborhood. Tim’s legacy is considered one of service, mentorship, and coronary heart. We honor his life, his work, and the profound mark he left on each scholar he coached. 

A 1989 graduate and four-time All-American at Alfred University, Tim remained a devoted household man. He is survived by his spouse, Brenda, and their youngsters, Lilianna and Timothy V, each of whom at present attend Southern. 

Funeral preparations can be introduced at a later date. In the meantime, I ask that you simply hold Tim’s household, our student-athletes, and his colleagues in your ideas. 

We are heartbroken by Tim’s passing, however profoundly grateful for the legacy he leaves behind. Tim will eternally be a part of the material of Southern.

 

With deepest sympathy,

 

Terrance Jones

Southern Connecticut State University

Director of Athletics and Recreation