Player Bio: Gerry Quinlan - SAINT JOSEPH'S OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Gerry Quinlan

Position:
Head Coach

Experience:
Ninth Year at SJU

Alma Mater:
Notre Dame '91

Gerry Quinlan enters his 10th season as head women's varsity coach at Saint Joseph's University. Including his tenure at Saint Joseph's, Quinlan has amassed nearly two decades of collegiate head coaching experience.

In 2009, Quinlan was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year as the Hawks captured conference titles in both the Varsity 8 and the Quad, both firsts for the SJU program. The team placed third, matching its finish from the previous season.

In 2008 Quinlan's charges placed third as a team at the Atlantic 10 Championship. The Varsity 8 boat earned its first-ever medal at A-10s, placing second, while also taking first at the Jesuit Invitational and the Kelly Cup. The rest of the Hawks also dominated at the citywide Kelly Cup races, taking first place in every contest. Quinlan guided the Hawks to victory in the Varsity 8 at the 2006 Dad Vail Regatta for the first time in the 37-year history of the SJU program. During his tenure the Hawks have won three gold medals, five silvers, and a bronze at the Dad Vail. The Hawks rowed to a silver-medal finish in the Varsity 8 in 2007 while the Freshman 8 took silver in 2008.

Since his arrival at SJU, Quinlan has been one of the driving forces behind the growth of both the women's and men's rowing programs. Nearly doubling in participation during his tenure, Quinlan has been active in the development of the new Robert M. Gillin, Jr. Boathouse, maintaining alumni support and coordinating several local regattas.

Quinlan's résumé includes a six-year stint as the head coach of Northwestern University's men's and women's programs and a three-year stretch as the head women's coach at Notre Dame. His teams have won medals at the Dad Vail Regatta, the Champion International Collegiate Regatta and the Head of the Charles, and have competed in the Henley Royal Regatta and the Mexico City International Championships.

A 1991 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Quinlan spent his prep career rowing at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, Pa. He currently resides in Philadelphia.