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Assistant Coach

The Tar Heel school record holder in the 200-yard breaststroke, 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter breaststroke, Sean Quinn, will begin his first official year as an assistant coach for the Carolina swimming program. Quinn was a volunteer coach for six previous seasons. In 2006-07, Quinn played a key role in the Carolina women capturing the ACC championship. He is also head age group coach for the North Carolina Aquatic Club and was selected as a North Carolina Zone Team coach this past summer in Orlando. Quinn helped coach the North Carolina team to a third place finish.

A native of Lancaster, S.C., and 1999 alumnus of Lancaster High School, Quinn was a three-time All-America selection as a Tar Heel, earning those honors in 2000, 2002 and 2003. His best NCAA finish was an eighth place in the 200-meter breaststroke as a freshman in 2000. He also finished 10th in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships in 2002.

Quinn, a tri-captain of the 2002-03 Tar Heel team, won a silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He finished fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. He was offered a slot on the United States Team at the 2002 Short Course World Championships in Moscow but turned it down in order to compete for the Tar Heels collegiately that season. During his freshman year at UNC, he competed in the Short Course World Championships in Athens, Greece. Before enrolling at Carolina, he swam in the 1999 U.S. Junior World Championships in Barcelona. That international team was coached by former Tar Heel head mentor Frank Comfort.

Quinn won ACC individual championships in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2000 and 2003. He holds the Tar Heel school record in the 200-yard breaststroke at 1:56.39 and he ranks fourth in school history in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best time of 55.15. A four-time All-ACC selection, Quinn swam for the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club while in high school and was coached there by Pat Hogan. Quinn was named the University of North Carolina's most outstanding swimmer in 2000 and 2002 and the team's most valuable swimmer in 2003. His sister Kathleen swam for four years at UNC and was a tri-captain of the 2004-05 women's team.