Richard Quick

Quick was born on January 31, 1943 to Walter and Barbara Quick in Akron, Ohio. When Quick's father Walter, a tire company official was transferred to Dallas, Richard became a top swimmer at Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas. While at Highland Park, Quick had improved on national age group records in the 200-yard Individual Medley, and 100-yard butterfly, and led in High School finals in the 200 IM, 100-yard fly, 400 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 back, and 100 breastroke. In college, Quick was recruited for a scholarship and swam for nearby Southern Methodist University where he made All-Southwest Conference and swam under SMU Hall of Fame Coach Red Barr while majoring in Physical Education. Quick was an SMU Team Captain in his Senior Year, and a 400-IM medley winner in a Southwestern Conference Championship, and swam at SMU with his brother Dave, a freestyle sprinting specialist. Richard was an All-American swimmer at SMU in 1965 and 1966. ==Coaching==

In one of his earliest coaching assignments immediately after college graduation, Quick coached Spring Branch Memorial High School in Houston, Texas, beginning in 1965, where he led the team to six state championships by 1971. He developed 35 NCAA champions, winning five CSCAA Coach of the Year honors and three Pac-10 Coach of the Year awards. His Olympic athletes brought home an impressive total of 59 Olympic medals. Quick initially retired to Austin in 2005, but in 2007 came out of retirement to coach Auburn. In December 2008 Quick was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He died on the evening of June 10, 2009 in Austin, Texas. ==Collegiate coaching career==

• Auburn Men's and Women's head coach (2007–09) • Stanford Women's head coach (1988–2005) • Texas Women's head coach (1982–1988) • Auburn Men's and Women's head coach (1978–1982) • Iowa State Men's head coach (1977–1978) • Southern Methodist Women's head coach (1976–1977) • Southern Methodist Men's assistant coach (1971–1975) ==References==