Richard Quick diagnosed with brain tumor
I have confirmed that the Tigers' swim coach, Richard Quick, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. He's 65 years old.
UPDATE: The Swimming World story included this tidbit I found interesting:
Here is Auburn's official release.
UPDATE: The Swimming World story included this tidbit I found interesting:
A Prayer Pager has been set up for Coach Quick at 334-742-5224. Whenever someone says a prayer for him, they can send a page to that number anonymously to cause his pager to vibrate. This will allow him to know when a prayer is said for him.
Here is Auburn's official release.
AUBURN—Auburn men’s and women’s head swimming and diving coach Richard Quick has been diagnosed with an inoperable cancerous brain tumor. One of the most recognizable names in the swimming and diving community, Quick is a six-time United States Olympic coach who has directed 12 teams to NCAA titles.
“We’re currently in the process of looking for the best care
possible to fight this,” Quick said. “I want to thank the countless
individuals that have passed along their well wishes, thoughts and
prayers.”
Quick, who served as Auburn’s head coach from 1978-82, took
over the Tiger program for a second time in 2007. He is in his second
season and sixth overall at Auburn.
“Richard is such an energetic person, has an incredibly
positive attitude, and is bound by his faith,” Auburn Athletics
Director Jay Jacobs said. “I know that he’s going to meet this
challenge head on, just as he has done with every endeavor he’s
encountered. We ask the Auburn Family to keep Richard and his family in
their thoughts and prayers.”
While the head coach of both the men's and women's programs at
Auburn from 1978-82, Quick built the foundation for where the program is
today, leading both programs to a combined four top-10 finishes on the
national level.
Quick captured seven NCAA titles at Stanford and five at Texas,
which is tied for the most in the history of Division I coaching.
Internationally, Quick was the head coach of the United States team at
the 1988, 1996, and 2000 Olympic Games and also served as an assistant
at the 1984, `92, and 2004 Olympics.
Quick served as the head women's swimming and diving coach
at Stanford for 17 seasons from 1988-2005. Prior to his arrival at
Stanford, Quick led the Texas women to a then-unprecedented five
straight NCAA titles (1984-88), a string he extended to six in a row in
his first season at Stanford.
In the interim under Quick’s direction, Brett Hawke will
oversee the men’s team, while Dorsey Tierney-Walker will run the
women’s program.
posted by Jay G. Tate at
4:07 PM
67 Comments:
Very sad news. My prayers will be with his family.
Right behind you, ZteveFC.
Adding my thoughts and prayers for him and his family as well.
ouch. prayers sent.
What a sad day. The baseball coachs' daughter and now this. My heart goes out to all of them.
From one who knows, that is really bad news.
Monica, From the previous thread, my vote for DC would be R. Lee Ermey in character as Gunny Sgt. Hartman
Best quote that can be displayed from the movie: "Today... is Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty! Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines! God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see! He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls! God was here before the Marine Corps! So you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Corps! Do you ladies understand?
My prayers to Coach Quick and his family.
apparently, crq is headed to duke for treatment. criminy, on the heels of crocker's demise, this is tough for au s & d. cdm may be in town in two days--not sure what that means.
My prayers are out for the Quick and for the Pawlowski families.
Prayer sent. May God bless him.
Terrible news. Jay, thanks for the pager update. Nice of you to do that.
Football question - Is Ryan Williams still on the team?
How about Chris Slaughter? I remember rumors before the Iron Bowl that he might transfer to Ga Southern.
per my father, years ago, coach quick very politely said that my brother's butterfly times would never qualify him for auburn--he was 3rd in the state at that time. we wish all the best for him.
Thanks for the heads up Jay. Good example of why this blog is the greatest. Prayer said and phone call made.........
I pray all the best for him...I hope things stay positive. I was looking forward to my daughter meeting him when she swims up there at an upcoming swim meet. Hopefully that still happens....life lessons can be tough but can be inspirational at the same time
Sending my well wishes to the Quick family! Hope the fight is bold and the outcome noble!
also, I didn't go to Vigor High. Just wanted to let people know that.
Horrible news. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
That is aweful. Best wishes to his family
Damned cancer. My thoughts and prayers are with both coaches and their families.
Barkley got booked on DUI...dang racist cops.
Sir Charles
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_charles_barkley_arrest
This is horrible news...
If I could choose one disease to cure it would be cancer.
Prayers for the coach and his family
Finally, I hope all Hotties have a safe and happy new year.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Quick family and wish him a safe and speedy recovery.
In other news, that's funny about Barkley.
Terrible news. Thoughts and prayers sent to his family.
Happy New Year's to all the Hotties.
My hiatus will officially end soon :), but the new Call of Duty game is pretty good and time consuming.
Wishes and best thoughts on he and his family.
Maybe we'll get a new DC as a New Year's present.
Barkley arrested for alleged DUI. Sad.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/832480.html
I'm headed out of town right after work so this is probably my last post of the year.
-I was drinving to work this morning and started thinking that it sure has been a sad year for the AU family this year. Here's to hoping that next year is brighter and healthier. Thank you all for the HABOTN love. Hope everyone has fullfilling and Happy New Year..a special thanks to Jay, ZteveFC, Mon, Mr.S, scottie b in tennesse. Ya'll have had a postive affect on me in some fashion throughout this year. WAR EAGLE
wow. thanks wartiger. if only my wife felt that way! ha.
My sentiments exactly wartiger. Merry New Year to the entire HABOTN family
I would like to thank everyone's mom! Ohhhhh!
What a nice post, Wartiger. Happy New Year to you too, sweetie. Be safe.
Here's a little Mark Twain giggle for ya.
"New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ~Mark Twain"
Malzahn offers his first recruit as an Auburn coach. 3* QB Ashton Glaser from Arkansas. He's a Missouri commit but who knows. He's got solid stats and good size.
Ashton Glaser
BigCat - Didn't Ashton already say no thanks, I'm going to stay with Missouri?
Scottie B, your wife can't feel that way because she's your wife. It's against the rules and she knows you too well. Just kidding Bro. :-)
Happy New Year Hotties!!
2009 - The Year of Smash Mouth
Monica I think that was the 4* QB (Beaver)that committed to Tulsa. I think Ashton was offered like Monday or Tuesday.
I think I heard last night that Glaser was already enrolled in the spring semester at Missouri.
Happy New Year to everyone.
BigCat: This is from Auburnsports.com posted last night.
"Bryan Matthews
AuburnSports.com has learned that Auburn recently offered Springdale (Ark.) quarterback Ashton Glaser, who is currently committed to Missouri. He is scheduled to be an early graduate and enroll in school in January.
Jeff Lee
We just spoke with Glaser. He and Gus Malzahn are very close, have been since Malzahn left Springdale. Glaser called Malzahn yesterday to congratulate him on the AU job at which time Malzahn offered him the opportunity to come and play for him. Glaser said he appreciated the interest, but was going to stick with Missouri. He is scheduled to move to Missouri Jan. 19 and go through spring."
http://auburn.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=423&tid=119396063&mid=119396063&sid=884&style=2
Thanks Monica, I stand corrected. I wonder why he offered him if he was so solid to Mizzo? Mizzo does have another higher rated dual-threat QB coming in as well. Maybe he thought he could steal him.
Per AP Cowher reportedly will talk to Jets - Interesting.
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/31/nflnotes.html
Here are three guys looking for a job:
defensive coordinator Richard Smith, defensive line coach Jethro Franklin and defensive backs coach Jon Hoke all FORMERLY of the Texans
Big Cat - I read speculation that it was because it would count against 08 recruits, not 09 and Malzahn already had a relationship with him.
I thought it was interesting that Malzahn did not offered Mosley even though he was a higher rated dual-threat QB than Glaser. I wonder does that speak to Mosley's potential at this level or if Malzahn just hasn't had time to really evaluate him yet.
Mon, thanks for the info on Glaser, I am actually from that area in ARK (Ziemba's home town) and had been studying up on him. Any other recruiting tid-bits that might help me get through the last day of this dismal AU sporting year?
BigCat - Again, I think it's more about the fact that offering to Glaser (who would have enrolled at Auburn this coming January) would have counted as an 08 recruit. I don't know, but I doubt Gus (I call him Gus cuz we're tight like that) has even looked at Moseley yet.
Will - That's all I see on recruits. Sorry. However, there's lots of movement in the NFL ranks. Out of work coaches always creates a little chatter.
This is an interesting read.
Texans shake up defensive coaching staff
Monica do you think we would take any of the Texans coaches? I'm sure Chizik had some relationship with them if they were around when he was in Austin. I never watch the Texans and last I can remember hearing, they were pretty bad. I dont know if that was b/c of the O or D.
No idea if we'd want them or could get them. I'm just killing time till we hear an announcement.
As for the Texans being bad and not knowing if it was an O or D issue, I thought this paragraph of that article was particularly interesting:
"When head coaches fire coordinators on the side of the ball they are not responsible for (Kubiak is an offense guy), it is usually a job-saving move. So this points to a bigger-issue: Kubiak recognizes 8-8 won't cut it next year."
in the "what have you done for me lately" department, the broncos fired shanahan. 2 super bowl wins just doesn't cut it any more.
In the Broncos defense those two Superbowls were back in 97 & 98.
Shanahan was 1-4 without John Elway in playoff games after he retired.
Sad news indeed about Coach Quick.
On the Barkley front, I say not so much. Let's see: The guy used every open microphone he could find to call Auburn University a racist institution. Not long before, he called all Republicans "fake Christians."
But fear not, Charles. I'm sure the cops were racially profiling. Of course, if you could have just waited until Jan. 20 to drive drunk, Obama's mere existence as president would have kept those hood-wearing cops from pulling you over.
that is true, rk. his last 3 years were mediocre. but, still...
Scottie- you still doing inventory? :-)
Shanahan was making about 6 million a year. He's a big boy, and he'll land on his feet.
I think Mangini's firing was much more questionable.
Shanahan's in one of the weakest divisions in the league, and his teams have collapsed and miss the playoffs three straight seasons. Boland was justified in pulling the trigger.
Monica, this article says Cowher isn't interested in the Jets HC job:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3799959
The last 3 years Shanahan is 24-24, not to mention the meltdown at the end of this past season. Evident;y there are powers that be in Denver, too.
Scott,
Coaching in only 5 playoff games in the past decade is probably what did him in, not just the 24-24 in the last 3 years. Add to that they play in a division where their only compeition is San Diego.
Didn't take Cowher long to say NO THANKS to that. lol
I'm glad.
Monica, why are you glad? Would you like to see Cowher somewhere else?
FYI...Shanahan is owed 20 million over the next 3 years from the Broncos, he'll be just fine. It is a statement that the owner was ready to make a change if he's willing to forgo the 20 Big Ones and rebuild now!
Concerning Coach Quick...there's a very cool prayer pager number posted somewhere else...anyone know where that is or could post it here??? Call the number when you say a prayer for him and he gets the page....
I don't want to see Cowher anywhere but on the Steelers sidelines where he belongs.
Big Mike, Jay G. posted the info you're looking for on the front page of the blog.
Luv - I really like Cowher and I really don't like the Jets. That's why I'm glad he said no.
Big Mike
A Prayer Pager has been set up for Coach Quick at 334-742-5224. Whenever someone says a prayer for him, they can send a page to that number anonymously to cause his pager to vibrate. This will allow him to know when a prayer is said for him.
WarEagleRK, I agree. I can't see Cowher anywhere but coaching the Steelers.
Thanks Monica...knew I had read that somewhere. lmao
$20 million! wow. i read that shanahan's in the process of building a 35,000 sf house in Denver. guess he can afford it.
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