Quentin Bishop Named Assistant Swimming Coach
TAMPA, Fla. - University of Tampa head swimming coach Jimi Kiner has announced the addition of Quentin Bishop as an assistant coach on his staff.
Bishop was previously the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Michigan State University from 2019-21. He served as the lead coach for the stroke/IM group. Working under head coach Matt Gianiodis, his responsibilities as recruiting coordinator were scouting and contacting recruits, and creating our programs recruiting strategy. He was also the main point of contact for official visits.
During this time Michigan State, he adopted a more modern approach to recruiting for the current generation. As coach of the stroke/IM group, it was his responsibility to create an atmosphere in which total growth of the student-athlete was the main goal.
Among the accomplishments during his time with the Spartans were nine school records, 41 top-10 times in school history and 143 lifetime bests. The team also achieved the program's highest men's point total ever at the 2020 Big Ten Championships and the second-highest women's point total in 2020. During his time at MSU, he also coached five United States Olympic Trials Qualifiers, 12 Scholar All-Americans, 30 4.0 GPAs and men's and women's teams both selected as Scholar All-American Teams.
Bishop spent the 2018-19 season at Florida State University as a volunteer assistant coach. The Seminole men finished with a winning conference record, finished fifth at the ACC Championships, and 14th at the NCAA Championship meet, while breaking seven school records nine times. On the women's side, FSU finished sixth at ACC's and sent four individuals and two relay teams to the NCAA Championships.
With his time between positions, Bishop worked at Stanford University as a Summer Swim Camp Coach. He also worked with Club Seminole as their kids' assistant coach.
Bishop, a 2017 graduate of Truman State University and a four-year letterwinner for the swimming and diving program, spent one season (2017-18) as an assistant coach for his alma mater, where the Bulldogs took a program-best fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.