Bio

Quentin Bishop joined the University of Tampa swimming coach as its top assistant coach in May of 2021. In this position, he helps oversee both men's and women's teams, along with daily operations of the program.

Bishop was apart of the 2022-23 staff that led both the men’s and the women’s swim teams to successful campaigns. The men were crowned the SSC Champions for just the second time in program history and set eleven meet records and six conference records the way to earning the title. The Spartan women also did their part and placed second in the SSC Championship. They broke two NCAA Division II records, set eight meet records and bested four four conference records along the way.

Both teams also saw success at the 2023 NCAA Division II Swimming Championships finishing in the top ten. The men placed fourth, their best finish since 2002, and the women placed tenth, a continuation of their top ten appearances for five consecutive seasons. Both the men’s and women’s teams set school records in the 800 Free Relay, with several swimmers achieving All-American status during the championships with their performances. Bishop mentored Santiago Corredor, who won the 400 IM and became the first individual national champion at UT since 2009, the 12th in UT program history. 

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 14^th 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.