Rob Quinn was an All American lacrosse player at Westfield State and has continued to excel in the sport as a head coach. 

Quinn was voted the 2002 coach of the year in the New England Small College Athletic Conference in his first year at Colby College in Maine. He led Colby to an 11-5 record, up from 3-9 in 2001, and a berth in the conference's championship game vs. national power Middlebury. 

Quinn, who is also an assistant football coach at Colby, earned Commonwealth Coast Conference coach of the year honors twice at New England College in Henniker, N.H. He was the head lacrosse coach/assistant athletics director at New England College from 1995 to 2001 and posted seven-year record of 80-25 with three conference titles. In 2000 he led New England College to a perfect 16-0 regular season record and its first berth in the NCAA Division III national tournament. 

The 1989 Westfield State graduate also was an assistant coach at Roanoke, Va., College for two years (1993-94), and served a three-year stint (1990-92) as the head coach at the University of Hartford. His 11-year record as a head coach is 106-56. 

As a player, Quinn led the Owls to the Pilgrim League title in 1989 when he was selected an NCAA All American; he is the only Westfield State lacrosse player to achieve the national honor. 

Quinn also was chosen to play in the prestigious North/South All Star game in 1989. He was a three-time All New England Division III midfielder and a three-time Pilgrim League All-Star. 

The former Longmeadow, Mass., High School standout is the second leading scorer (128 goals, 64 assists, 192 points) in school history behind Mike Gorassi, a 1997 Westfield State Hall of Fame inductee. He started every game during his four-year career, led the team in scoring three years, and was a two-year captain. 

Quinn's passion for the sport remains strong; he still plays competitive lacrosse and participates annually at tournaments in Vail, Colo., and Lake Placid, N.Y. In addition, he is the former president and a current member of the executive board of the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, and has served on the NCAA Division III All-America selection committee and the Division III national tournament advisory committee. He coached in the East/West All Star game in 1992, 1997, and 2000. 

Quinn resides in Oakland, Me., with his wife, Sonya. 
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