Longtime SCSU swimming and diving coach dies unexpectedly, leaves lasting legacy

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) – Tim Quill, the longtime head coach of males’s and girls’s swimming and diving at Southern Connecticut State University, has died unexpectedly.

Quill coached at SCSU for 28 years and led the Owls to 34 Northeast-10 Conference Championships throughout his tenure.

The college introduced his loss of life on Wednesday in a statement from Athletics Director Terrance Jones.

Record of success

As we check out his management all through the years, Quill assist the college take residence 17 males’s convention titles and 17 girls’s convention titles, together with lots of of particular person championships.

He was named Coach of the Year 28 occasions by his friends who acknowledged his lasting affect.

Quill additionally coached the SoNoCo Swim Club, the place he guided athletes to the U.S. Olympic Trials and Pan American Games.

Personal background

Quill graduated from Alfred University in 1989, the place he was a four-time All-American swimmer. He is survived by his spouse, Brenda, and their kids, Lilianna and Timothy V, who each presently attend SCSU.

“Tim embodied everything we strive for at Southern Connecticut State University. For nearly three decades, he poured his heart into our swim and diving program, shaping not only champions in the pool but remarkable young people beyond it,” Jones mentioned within the assertion.

Former athletes described Quill as a mentor and father determine who pushed swimmers to their limits whereas educating self-discipline and onerous work.

Funeral preparations haven’t been launched but.

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