Editing Richard Quick (section)

{{Short description|American swimming coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name               = 
| image              = Richard Quick 1988.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Richard Quick c. 1988
| current_title      = [[Head coach]]
| current_team       = 
| current_conference = 
| current_record     = 
| contract           = 
| birth_date         = January 31, 1943<ref name=r1/> 
| birth_place        = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.<ref name=r2/> 
| death_date         = June 10, 2009 (aged 66)<ref name=obit/>
| death_place        = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.<ref name=obit/>
| alma_mater         = [[Southern Methodist University]]<ref name=r1/> 
| player_years1      = 
| player_team1       = 
| coach_years1       = 1971-1975
| coach_team1        = [[Southern Methodist Mustangs|SMU (M) (Assistant)]]
| coach_years2       = 1976-1977
| coach_team2        = SMU (W)
| coach_years3       = 1977-1978
| coach_team3        = [[Iowa State Cyclones|Iowa State (M)]]
| coach_years4       = 1978-1982
| coach_team4        = [[Auburn Tigers|Auburn (M&W)]]
| coach_years5       = 1982-1988
| coach_team5        = [[Texas Longhorns|Texas (W)]]
| coach_years6       = 1988-2005
| coach_team6        = [[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford (W)]]
| coach_years7       = 2007-2009
| coach_team7        = Auburn (M&W)
| overall_record     = 123-10 Dual Meets<br>(Stanford)<ref name=StanMag>{{cite web |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a-legendary-coach|title=October, 2009, A Legendary Coach, Richard Quick|website=stanfordmag.org|publisher=Stanford Magazine Magazine|access-date=}}</ref><br>192-34 Overall Head Coach<br>(.850 Winning %)<br>160-25 Women's Head Coach<br>(.865 Winning %)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://swimmingcoach.org/page/HOFrichardquick |title=American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Richard Quick |website=swimmingcoach.org|date=2012 |access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> 
| bowl_record        = 
| tournament_record  = [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]]<br>1982, 1986, 90, 94 World Championships<ref name=r1/> 
| championships      = 5 NCAA titles 1984-1988 (UT)<br>7 NCAA titles 1988-2005 (Stanford)<br>1 NCAA title 2009 (Auburn)<ref name=ishof/>
| awards             = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Coach of the Year (1984–86, 89, 92)<ref name=r1/>
| coaching_records   = 
}}

'''Richard Walter Quick''' (January 31, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was a Hall of Fame head coach for the women's swim teams at the [[University of Texas]] from 1982 through 1988 and at [[Stanford University]], from 1988 through 2005. In an unprecedented achievement, Quick's Women's teams at Texas and Stanford won a combined 12 NCAA National championships, with his Men and Women's team at Auburn winning his final championship in 2009.  His teams won a combined 22 Conference championships.<ref name=AAS>"Obituaries, Richard Walter Quick", ''Austin-American Statesman'', Austin, Texas, 12 June 2009, pg. 23</ref>  He was a coach for the United States Olympic swimming team for six Olympics—[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]].<ref name=ishof/>